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Airbus and CFM to Advance Zero-E Hydrogen Propulsion Plan Using an A380 Airliner Testbed

The European aerospace group is evaluating three potential designs for a hydrogen-powered airliner under the ZeroE project that it announced in September 2020.
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Long Beach Seeks an Advanced Air Mobility Future Through Wisk Partnership

Wisk Aero and Long Beach, California, will establish a working group dedicated to introducing and AAM ecosystem in the southern part of the state.
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New Forecast Sees Vast Advanced Air Mobility Services in the Asia Pacific Region by 2050

Aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce and tranportation consultancy Roland Berger say the Asia Pacific market could generate annual revenues of $36.9 billion by 2050.
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Elroy Air Makes the Case for Chaparral's Transformation of Air Cargo Services

The U.S. start-up is working to bring its autonomous, hybrid-electric Chaparral C1 VTOL cargo transporter into commercial service by 2023.
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H2Fly Is Ready for the Next Leg of Its Flight Path to Hydrogen-powered Commercial Aviation

The German start-up has completed flight testing of its HY4 technology demonstrator and is working with Deutsche Aircraft to start flying a converted Dornier 328 regional airliner.
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Skyports and Eve Start Work on eVTOL Concept of Operations for Japan

The partners are among several advanced air mobility companies engaged with Japanese authorities with a view to launching eVTOL air taxi services in the country from 2025.
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Joby eVTOL Prototype Aircraft Has Accident During Flight Testing

The company reported the accident in an 8K filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 16.
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MightyFly Steps Up Flight Testing for Automated, Autonomous Cargo Deliveries

The company's MF-100 aircraft is remotely monitored by fully trained pilots and will be able to operate from small landing sites where freight can be automatically transferred to and from last-mile ground vehicles.
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Rolls-Royce Teams with Embraer and Wideroe on New Green Regional Airliner Plan

The Norwegian airline is joining a 12-month joint study with the UK-based aero engines group and the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer.
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Eve Prepares to Fly Full-Scale eVTOL Prototype As Order Book Swells

Operators in Australia this week made agreements with the manufacturer that could lead to 90 more of its eVTOL aircraft entering service from 2026.
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AirAsia Plans Urban Air Mobility Service with Leased VX4 eVTOL Aircraft

The Southeast Asian scheduled airline has agreed to take at least 100 of Vertical Aerospace's four-passenger VX4 eVTOL aircraft from leasing group Avolon.
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Japan's All Nippon Airways and Toyota Back Joby's eVTOL Rideshare Plans

The partners will work to launch eVTOL air taxi services in Japanese cities such as Osaka by 2025, as part of a government-backed plan for advanced air mobility.
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Singapore's Seletar Aerospace Park Could Be an Advanced Air Mobility Hub

Volocopter and Skyports both see potential for the airfield location to play a part in their plans for introducing eVTOL aircraft services in the Southeast Asian country by 2024.
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How Traffic Management Collaboration and Data Sharing Could Unlock Autonomous Flight

Air traffic navigation service provider Skyway is partnering with other specialists like weather data group TruWeather to offer an open support system for uncrewed and piloted aircraft.
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For Singapore, the Path to Urban Air Mobility Could be Paved With Gold

In its new Roadmap document, Volocopter says the introduction of eVTOL aircraft passenger and freight flights could boost the Singapore economy to the tune of S$4.18 billion ($3.1 billion) by 2030.
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Eviation Co-founder and CEO Leaves Company Before Alice's First Flight

Omer Bar-Yohay co-founded the company and has led its efforts to bring the nine-passenger, all-electric, fixed-wing aircraft to market.
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Manta Accelerates Development of ANN eVTOL Aircraft Family

Flight testing with one-third-scale prototypes of the two-seat ANN2 are continuing, with a full-scale prototype to follow in 2023.
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Odys Secures Funding To Develop Hybrid Blown Wing eVTOL Aircraft

A seed funding rounding has yielded $12.4 million to support efforts to bring the nine-passenger aircraft into commercial service by 2026.
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Amprius Raises Energy Density Stakes with 450 Wh/kg Battery

The first examples of the cells have just been shipped to the manufacturer of pseudo satellites, and Amprius says they could also be used to power larger eVTOL aircraft.
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Joby Starts Conformity Testing on eVTOL Aircraft Aerostructures

The first carbon fiber aerostructures coupons were tested at Toray Advanced Composites, which is a production partner in Joby's eVTOL program.
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