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Dufour Reveals Updated Design for Aero3 Tiltwing eVTOL Aircraft

The new version of the Aero3 features six propellers on a tilting wing, plus two more installed on a new-look tail. Dufour is developing the aircraft in tandem with a smaller unmanned model called the Aero2.
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Pipistrel Selects Honeywell Compact Satcom for UAVs

The 2.2-pound satcom system designed for small unmanned air vehicle platforms weighs 90 percent less than Honeywell’s next-smallest system.
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Transcend Air Selects Kaman To Make Its High-speed Tiltwing

The helicopter specialist will manufacture Transcend's five-passenger turbine-powered Vy 400 at its plant in Florida to support efforts to bring it to market by 2025.
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Tetra Personal eVTOL Prototype Starts Test Flights As Customers Commit

The Japanese start-up unveiled its Mk 5 eVTOL aircraft at July's EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and has stayed in the U.S. for flight testing.
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Embraer Commits to Hydrogen Propulsion Trials, As Electric Flight Testing Begins

As part of its new commitment to environmental sustainability, the Brazilian airframer is increasing research and development investment in green technologies, and plans to fly a hydrogen technology demonstrator by 2025.
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Ampaire Starts UK Hybrid-electric Flight Trials in Scotland

The company's Electric EEL technology demonstrator flew from Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands to Wick on the Scottish mainland to demonstrate the potential for hybrid-electric aircraft to connect remote communities.
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Overair Lifts the Veil to Reveal Its Butterfly eVTOL Aircraft Design

The company says it will have a prototype flying in 2022, as it heads for FAA Part 23 type certification in 2025, and the start of commercial advanced air mobility services in 2026.
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JetPack's Speeder Joins Jetoptera and Other HSVTOL Contenders in Pentagon Challenge

JetPack's Speeder VTOL vehicle is one of 35 selected for evaluation by the U.S. Air Force and Special Forces in a challenge event organized by the Afwerx division of the Air Force Research Laboratory.
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ZeroAvia Enlists Military Truck For Hydrogen Propulsion Ground Tests

The start-up's HyperTruck has been fitted with the 600 kW powertrain that it intends to use to convert 19-seat aircraft to hydrogen-electric propulsion.
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Eve Partners with Kenya Airways on Urban Air Mobility

The Embraer subsidiary and Kenya Airways launched collaborative studies into urban air mobility operational models to support key markets in Africa.
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Archer Seeks $1B Damages over Wisk's Trade Secrets Lawsuit

The intellectual property lawsuit between rival eVTOL aircraft developers has become increasingly hostile, with defendant Archer now seeking substantial damages from plaintiff Wisk.
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How Ampaire Is Building Its Hybrid-electric Aircraft Strategy

The ambitious plans for California-based Ampaire include fielding a fleet of hybrid-electric-converted Cessna Grand Caravan utility aircraft.
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Russian Government Backs Hybrid-electric Aircraft Developments

President Vladimir Putin viewed several of the new eSTOL aircraft programs being advanced by state-backed scientific research institutes and aerospace companies.
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Joby Claims Lead in eVTOL Gold Rush With Wall Street Flotation

The California-based company is the first of several leading advanced air mobility start-ups going public via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company.
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Vertiport Offers a Warm Welcome to Chicago for eVTOL Aircraft Operators

The vertiport facility, which opened in 2015, was designed mainly with helicopters in mind, but the 10-acre site has space to accommodate eVTOL aircraft, too.
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SkyDrive Evaluates Flying Car Rotors in Wind Tunnel

The Tokyo-based start-up has been approved to use the wind tunnel facilities of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
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Boeing's HorizonX Venture Fund Joins Forces With Private Equity Group

The HorizonX fund will now be managed through a partnership between AE Industrial Partners and Boeing's Enterprise Technology Office and Applied Innovation team.
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Teal Group Analyst's Sobering Take On Prospects For Advanced Air Mobility

Investors beware, warns Teal Group's Richard Aboulafia. The eVTOL air taxi scene isn't quite the armageddon that the very light jet revolution was, but you can see it from here.
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Opener Close to Accepting Orders For Its BlackFly Personal eVTOL Aircraft

The company appears to be making progress in its efforts to bring the BlackFly to market for personal air transportation under FAA's Part 103 rules for ultralight aircraft.
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Archer Bolsters Board Ahead of Merger With Atlas Crest SPAC

Four senior executives from the aviation, automotive, technology and finance sectors have been nominated as directors for the company to be formed by merging the eVTOL aircraft developer with the special purpose acquisition company.
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