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Baaz Unveils Plans for a Folding-Wing eVTOL Aircraft with Ducted Propellers

The privately owned German company says that its B5 aircraft can be certified and in commercial service by the end of 2025.
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USAF Explores LiquidPiston Hybrid Propulsion Options For eVTOL Aircraft

The U.S. Air Force is awarding a $150,000 contract to see if use of a LiquidPiston rotary engine in a hybrid configuration can overcome limitations of current batteries used on eVTOL aircraft.
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U.S. Congress Calls for Wider Federal Action to Support Advanced Air Mobility

Proposed legislation would result in the Department of Transportation leading a new multi-agency working group and new federal funding to support the development of an AAM ecosystem.
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Baaz Banks On Folding Wings and Ducted Propellers to Overtake eVTOL Rivals

The German company intends to recruit contractors to build most aircraft components and systems, but will retain control of overall design, technology integration and final assembly.
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HyPoint Unveils More Powerful Air-Cooled Hydrogen Fuel Cells

The company has built a prototype for its hydrogen fuel cell technology and says it can start delivering equipment to aircraft developers in 2022.
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Falck Aims to Reconfigure Kitty Hawk's Heaviside eVTOL for Emergency Medical Support

Other eVTOL aircraft developers are targeting emergency medical support services, including Jump Aero, Jaunt Air Mobility, Urban Aeronautics, EHang, and Volocopter.
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Plug Power and Universal Hydrogen Step Up Plans to Convert Airliners to Green Fuel

The partners aim to be ready to start flight testing a regional airliner modified for hydrogen propulsion by 2023
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Turkey's Next Attack Helicopter Will be Electrically Powered and Unmanned

The new T629 combat rotorcraft was unveiled in Turkey last week and is set to make its first flight before the end of 2021.
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When It Comes to Clearing the Way for Advanced Air Mobility Infrastructure, It's Never Too Soon to Start

Winning public acceptance and not taking the multifaceted approval processes for granted will be critical to getting the infrastructure in place to support advanced air mobility services.
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With Certification Close, Bye's eFlyer 2 Is in Serial Production

Fuselages for the two-seat, all-electric aircraft are being made by Composite Universal Group under contract from Bye Aerospace.
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PS&S Architects and Engineers Back Varon's Plans for Urban Infrastructure

Colombia-based Varon Vehicles is developing plans to support urban air mobility infrastructure and services in various Latin American cities.
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NASA Seeks Contractors for Megawatt-class Powertrain Demonstrations

NASA is also about to start high-voltage functional ground-testing on its X-57 electric aircraft technology demonstrator.
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AeroDelft Student Team Unveils Hydrogen-powered Aircraft

The unmanned Phoenix PT aircraft will run on liquid hydrogen and has been built entirely from carbon fiber composites.
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EASA Clears the Way for Pal-V to Certify Its Liberty Flying Car

The vehicle will be able to drive up to around 800 miles or fly just over 300 miles and then drive another 100 or so miles on one tank of gas.
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EHang Tests EH216 with Flights in the South China Sea and Icy Beijing

EHang claims to have made more than 10,000 test flights with the EH216 model, which it has indicated could complete Chinese type certification in 2021.
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Joby Goes Public in $1.6 Billion SPAC Flotation with Reinvent

The California-based eVTOL aircraft start-up estimates a post-money equity valuation of $6.6 billion.
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Terrafugia Owner Moves Transition Flying Car Program to China

Automotive group Zhejiang Geely will now seek certification for the flying car through the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
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For the Covid-battered Aerospace Sector, new eVTOL Partners Offer a Chance to Diversify

Aerostructures specialist Aciturri has forged a new long-term partnership to build primary structures for Lilium's new eVTOL aircraft.
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Archer Commits to Launching eVTOL Air Taxi Services in Los Angeles

The aircraft developer is joining the Urban Air Mobility Partnership established in December 2020 by Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti.
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Hyundai Recruits Opener's Ben Diachun to Lead eVTOL Aircraft Development

Ben Diachun was formerly president and CEO of Opener, leading its Blackfly personal air vehicle program.
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