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L3Harris Enlists Bye's eFlyer 800 Into Military ISR Service

The electronic-warfare specialist intends to convert the new all-electric aircraft for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations.
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Vertical Flight Society Teams With European Rotors Show

The show, in November 2021, will focus on both existing helicopters and new vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
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In a Phoenix Laboratory, Honeywell Is Putting Leading-edge Advanced Air Mobility Technology to the Test

The company plans to enlarge the lab, to allow for the development of more flight-control and propulsion technologies.
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Airbus Aims To Expand Scope for Autonomous Flight

Through the new Vertex project, initial flight testing starts this year on the Flightlab helicopter as the company prepares for a full demonstration in 2023.
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Jetoptera Touts Fluidic Propulsion System as Quieter, More Efficient Alternative to Electric Power

The company's own aircraft prototype features a distinctive box-wing design combined with a canard that has already been evaluated in a wind tunnel.
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Skyports Teams With Kanematsu to Develop Advanced Air Mobility in Japan

Under a memorandum of understanding, the companies will work together on plans for vertiports and drone delivery services.
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Bye Sets Sights On Business Aviation Market With Nine-Seat eFlyer 800 Aircraft

The all-electric eFlyer 800 will directly challenge turboprop-powered business aircraft like the ubiquitous King Air and is slated to enter service in 2026.
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Universal Hydrogen Closes $20.5 Million Series A Funding Round

The start-up has now raised $23.5 million to support its plans to convert airliners to hydrogen propulsion by 2025.
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EASA Issues Special Condition Requirements For Electric Propulsion

The special condition document published follows an extensive industry consultation process and will help companies developing new eVTOL aircraft.
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Leonardo Confirms New Plans For a Hybrid-Electric Helicopter

The Italian rotorcraft group is expected to develop a technology demonstrator for an aircraft that could lead to a new model being ready to enter service in the second half of the 2020s.
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Harbour Air and MagniX Strengthen eBeaver Team With Solar Impulse Battery Expertise

H55, a spin-off venture from the Solar Impulse electric aircraft program, will provide battery packs to support conversion of the Beaver utility aircraft to electric propulsion.
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MightyFly Cleared to Start Autonomous Cargo Drone Services

The start-up's hybrid-electric MF-100 aircraft is expected to have a 100-pound payload and a range of up to 600 miles.
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Oxis Is Close to Delivering Higher-energy Lithium-Sulfur Batteries for Electric Aircraft

By the fall of 2021, the UK company expects to be making its solid-state Li-S battery cells available for trial applications in aviation and other sectors.
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Very Light Jet Air Taxis Were Advanced Air Mobility 1.0 Until the Hype Got Seen as Hubris

Veterans of the VLJ wave in the 2000s urge today's eVTOL pioneers to learn from the trend that failed to change the private aviation game as promised.
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Volocopter Steps Up Chinese Urban Air Mobility Plans Through Geely Joint Venture

Chinese automotive group Geely Technology is among the largest investors in the German eVTOL aircraft developer.
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Lilium Partners With Airports to Build Regional Air Mobility Network in Bavaria

From Nuremberg and Munich airports, Lilium intends to offer flights to cities across the large and economically vibrant German state.
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With Astro Acquisition Looming, Horizon Says Investors Still Bullish On eVTOL Air Taxis

Astro says it plans to acquire Horizon Aircraft as it seeks a Nasdaq listing to support plans for a trio of eVTOL designs, the Cavorite X5, the Alta and the Elroy.
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EHang Confirms Plans For VT30 Longer-Range, Lift-plus-Cruise eVTOL Aircraft

The Chinese company is also seeking an experimental certificate for a new piloted version of its fully-autonomous EH216 eVTOL aircraft.
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Xwing Achieves Autonomous Gate-to-Gate Operations in Test Flight

The converted Cessna 208B Grand Caravan operated autonomously from pushback at the gate until it returned to that gate at Buchanan Field Airport in California.
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NFT Unveils New-look Aska eVTOL as a Flying SUV

The California start-up plans to fly a full-scale prototype in 2022 as part of NASA's Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge en route to planned first deliveries in 2026.
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