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Conseil et Technique is proposing to replace wing-mounted turbofans with an electric propulsion system installed around the rear fuselage of airliners.
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has combined general aviation and vertical takeoff and landing aircraft in its reorganized certification department.
EmbraerX subsidiary Eve and Airservices Australia are working together to create a scalable UAM framework that could work for any large metropolitan area.
Levitate Capital sees the commercial air mobility sector getting established more slowly than some eVTOL aircraft developers expect, but potentially being a dominant facet of what it calls "the drone economy."
The company aims to be able to power a 20-seat aircraft on flights as long as 575 miles by 2023 and is preparing for a 250-mile demonstration flight in a smaller aircraft by March 2021.