Kelekona says it can adapt the blended wing, or lifting body, airframe concept to carry up to 40 passengers on flights between cities that are 350 miles apart.

Merlin Labs is developing what its calls a "drop-in autonomy kit" that can convert aircraft such as the twin-engine King Air for remotely piloted operations.

Artificial intelligence specialist Daedalean and EASA published the findings from their latest Concepts for Design Assurance for Neural Networks study, which supports the European aviation safety agency's proposed roadmap for implementing the technology.

The UK company is almost ready to start structural engineering work for the prototype of an 18-passenger aircraft that it aims to begin flight testing in 2024.

Japanese automotive group Denso produces a wide variety of systems and components for road vehicles and has experience with mass production that could prove valuable in the urban air mobility sector.

The Slovenian company's engineering team is evaluating three variations on its design for a 20-seat regional airliner that would be able to fly up to four 350-km trips in succession.

The UK-based eVTOL aircraft developer has appointed Eduardo Dominguez Puerta as its chief commercial officer to help it bring the five-seat VA-X4 model to market in 2024.

Ahead of the July 7 start of its lawsuit against Archer alleging theft of trade secrets and intellectual property, Wisk's attorneys have requested a preliminary injunction against its rival.

Luxembourg-based Luxaviation has 10 European air operator certificates and manages a fleet of more than 100 business jets and helicopters.

The UK-based company, which develops ground infrastructure including vertiports and also is involved in commercial drone operations, views Japan as a potential early adopter of eVTOL aircraft.

Wisk's lawyers will argue that rival eVTOL developer Archer couldn't possibly have designed its new five-seat model so quickly without stealing intellectual property from its rival. Archer says the lawsuit is baseless.

Thales says it is close to finalizing the design of an aircraft collision avoidance system for smaller unmanned air systems, and that this could be a template for larger autonomous aircraft.

The European aviation safety agency assessed the perspectives of 4,000 citizens in six European metropolitan areas. It found that more than four-fifths of respondents had a "positive initial attitude" to the new aviation sector.

The additional capital will support the expansion of Beta Technologies' engineering and production resources as it works to bring the Alia 250 eVTOL aircraft to market by 2024.

The German company intends to directly challenge rival like Joby, Archer and Lilium with a four-seat lift-and-push eVTOL model with a range of 60 miles.

The Advanced Air Mobility Coordination and Leadership Act calls for transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg to establish a working group to develop a national strategy and coordinate interagency action.

The European safety agency will issue phase two means of compliance requirements in June 2021, followed by phase three in November.

The U.S. company says it is on track to meet its goal of achieving a first flight for the full-scale TriFan 600 prototype in 2022, as it heads for type certification by the end of 2024. The company says that it now holds reservations for 202 aircraft.

In a presentation to the Vertical Flight Society that was almost devoid of any significant detail, company CEO Ben Tigner insisted that the model is on track to complete type certification in 2025.

The company says it is on track to complete type certification for the nine-passenger aircraft in 2023 but won't comment on reports of a significant redesign.