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FutureFlight.aero's Weekly Advanced Air Mobility News Roundup

eVTOL vehicles and drones will use same airspace

A prototype of Aska's hybrid-electric, drive-and-fly eVTOL vehicle has achieved its first hover flights.

The U.S. company is chasing more funding to advance its plans for civil and military applications in partnership with Israel Aerospace Industries and Kaman.

While eVTOL aircraft and uncrewed drones will operate differently in various countries, Heron AirBridge says a robust approach to air traffic management will be the key to success.

Seattle-based TLG Aerospace will design the production configuration for Eviation's Alice.

This is what Lilium's four-seat configuration will look like

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Quantum’s AI offers new capabilities for a wide variety of aircraft

The start-up carrier has agreed to convert a fleet of Twin Otter turboprop aircraft to run on ZeroAvia's 600 kW ZA600 hydrogen propulsion system.

Avidyne says its new Quantum flight deck suite allows supports fully customized avionics systems in a variety of AAM aircraft.

FutureFlight.aero's Weekly Advanced Air Mobility News Roundup

Astronics now holds a $20 million order backlog for electric power systems to be supplied to 10 companies developing eVTOL vehicles.

The advanced air mobility industry will grow at a CAGR of 35.2 percent, according to a new market report.

Archer has been awarded a Small Business Innovative Research Phase III contract, extending its partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense.

Europe will hold the largest share of the global eVTOL aircraft market, while fully electric and lift-and-cruise designs will account for most of the market growth between 2023 and 2035.

The commuter flight operator aims to decarbonize its fleet by introducing hybrid-electric and all-electric aircraft including converted Cessna Caravans.

The company's merger with aircraft manufacturer Britten-Norman is pending and will release fresh capital to develop hydrogen-powered versions of the Islander commuter.

Wisk's Cora eVTOL made its public debut with a flight

South Korea’s Plana awaits final approvals to lease space at Naamce site in Springfield, Ohio.

FutureFlight.aero's Weekly Advanced Air Mobility News Roundup

The two-seat Diamond eDA40 should complete type certification by early 2024.

The Whisper Aero Flight Test Center will be an 8,000-square-foot hangar located at Crossville Memorial Airport (KCSV), right next door to the company’s headquarters in Crossville, Tennessee.

Supernal, Hyundai’s advanced air mobility subsidiary, aims to hire at least 100 employees at its new engineering headquarters in Irvine, California, this year.

Local officials have signed three cooperation agreements with eVTOL aircraft developers, including AutoFlight, EHang, and Lilium.

The Velis Electro is the world' first certified electric aircraft to make it into commercial production, and most buyers are using it for flight training.

The new preorders are for the three-seat version of the SD-05 eVTOL vehicle the Japanese manufacturer announced in June as a larger version of its original two-seat SD-05 model.

Having flown its hydrogen-powered Dornier 228 airplane 10 times, ZeroAvia says it has wrapped up its initial flight test campaign and is now preparing for its first cross-country flights.

Hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft developer Lyte Aviation has two new partners—Uniwastec and Amros Global—helping it to bring the SkyBus and SkyTruck aircraft to market by 2030.

The FAA has released the first version of its advanced air mobility (AAM) implementation plan, a document that outlines all the steps that the regulatory agency and other stakeholders will need to take to enable AAM operations in the U.S. by 2028.