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FutureFlight.aero's Weekly Advanced Air Mobility News Roundup

The Whisper Aero Flight Test Center will be an 8,000-square-foot hangar located at Crossville Memorial Airport (KCSV), right next door to the company’s headquarters in Crossville, Tennessee.

Local officials have signed three cooperation agreements with eVTOL aircraft developers, including AutoFlight, EHang, and Lilium.

Supernal, Hyundai’s advanced air mobility subsidiary, aims to hire at least 100 employees at its new engineering headquarters in Irvine, California, this year.

The Velis Electro is the world' first certified electric aircraft to make it into commercial production, and most buyers are using it for flight training.

The new preorders are for the three-seat version of the SD-05 eVTOL vehicle the Japanese manufacturer announced in June as a larger version of its original two-seat SD-05 model.

Having flown its hydrogen-powered Dornier 228 airplane 10 times, ZeroAvia says it has wrapped up its initial flight test campaign and is now preparing for its first cross-country flights.

Hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft developer Lyte Aviation has two new partners—Uniwastec and Amros Global—helping it to bring the SkyBus and SkyTruck aircraft to market by 2030.

The city of Taubaté in Sāo Paulo state will host Eve’s eVTOL aircraft production plant, benefitting from close proximity to some of the infrastructure of Brazilian airframer Embraer, which is its main shareholder.

FAA's Mosaic rule making is expected to bring performance-based standards to light sport aircraft certification as well as electric power.

Reliable Robotics says the FAA has accepted its certification plans for a fully autonomous flight control system, which the company plans to install on aircraft to enable remotely piloted operations under supplemental type certificates.

South Carolina-based Austin Aviation has committed to buying five of the three-seat eVTOL from Japan's SkyDrive, which also logged new sales in Vietnam.

The FAA has released the first version of its advanced air mobility (AAM) implementation plan, a document that outlines all the steps that the regulatory agency and other stakeholders will need to take to enable AAM operations in the U.S. by 2028.

The UK company is working to complete initial type certification of the four-passenger vehicle by the end of 2026.

Reliable Robotics says the FAA has accepted its certification plans for a fully autonomous flight control system that would support remotely piloted operations for all phases of flight.

FutureFlight.aero's Weekly Advanced Air Mobility News Roundup

Ampaire aims to develop Talyn's unique dual-vehicle eVTOL concept with a new hybrid-electric powertrain.

The company appears to be the first of the eVTOL aircraft pioneers to grade its performance in areas such as environmental accountability.

Airports should not wait for AAM to arrive before preparing for the transition and should be aware of the benefits it can bring, NBAA's Gertsen said.

The eVTOL aircraft developer has exceeded the $250 million target it set when launching a funding round in early May.