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The start-up says it is close to acquiring an existing aircraft maker and will have partnerships with multiple propulsion system providers.

The U.S. Air Force has paid Archer Aviation nearly $1 million for the delivery of a mobile flight simulator for eVTOL aircraft.

The World Economic Forum's head of aerospace and drones, Vignesh Santhanam, addressed last week's Global Urban & Advanced Air Summit in Singapore.

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Skyportz has released a concept for a waterfront vertiport and “e-mobility hub” that it hopes to build in Melbourne, Australia.

Work has focused on how the company's Remotely Operated Aircraft System could be used for large military aircraft, such as the KC-135 Stratotanker, in air-to-air refueling operations.

Having completed more than 1,000 remotely piloted flight tests with its eVTOL prototypes over the past 10 years, Joby Aviation has successfully flown its electric air taxi with pilots on board for the first time.

Elected officials. including U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, addressed an opening ceremony on October 2, hailing the company's contribution to decarbonizing aviation.

Regulators from three continents were among the speakers at last week's Global Urban & Advanced Air Summit in Singapore.

Hui Ling Teo, a partner at the Singapore branch of Reed Smith law firm, is focused on the development of advanced air mobility in outheast Asia.

Eve Air Mobility is providing air traffic management support with its local partner, Moviation, while Joby is partnered with one of its investors, SK Telecom.

Shenzhen Boling Holding Group has placed a conditional order for as many as 100 of EHang's two-seat eVTOL aircraft, which the company intends to use for aerial sightseeing operations.

Beta says its Alia eCTOL airplane is the first all-electric aircraft to fly over an international border.

To date, the airport has made its name as a hive of business aviation and flight training.

Honeywell, Denso, Aeronamic, and SKF are key partners contributing elements to power the six-passenger Lilium Jet.

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The company now has more than 250 orders for powertrain conversion kits in its backlog.

The demonstrator will combine a one-megawatt electric motor with an existing Pratt & Whitney aircraft engine.

The UK aero engine maker is working with several partners, including EasyJet, to advance plans for a hydrogen-powered narrowbody airliner.

Joby Aviation has delivered an air taxi to the Edwards Air Force Base in California about six months ahead of schedule, marking the first-ever delivery of an eVTOL aircraft to a paying customer in the U.S.

Supernal's new research and development facility in Fremont, California, is dedicated to the advancement of batteries, autonomous systems, and other technologies that will enable electric air travel and urban air mobility.

The ability of VoltAero's Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft to run its turbogenerator on sustainable aviation fuel will be important to achieve its decarbonization efforts.

EA Maven consultants have identified 264 British cities and almost 1,000 new routes that could be served in an economically and environmentally sustainable way by new aircraft.

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ZeroAvia has not confirmed how much its latest funding round has raised for plans to convert existing aircraft to use its fuel cell electric propulsion systems.

Spanish aerostructures tier-one supplier is playing a key role in building the Lilium Jet fuselages.

Japan-based SkyDrive now has pre-order agreements for its SD-05 aircraft from customers in Vietnam, the U.S., Japan, and South Korea.

The California start-up plans to supply liquid hydrogen for its fuel cell electric propulsion system in preloaded modules delivered to the aircraft.

Joby Aviation will build its first large-scale production facility at Dayton International Airport, where it intends to manufacture up to 500 eVTOL aircraft per year.

Beta Technologies will install a charging station for electric aircraft at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, where the company's Alia aircraft will be used for "on-base experimentation."