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Aircraft
Bristow Secures Delivery Slots for Hybrid-electric EL9 Aircraft
The nine-seat aircraft will fly for companies, resorts, and airlines
Aircraft
Volocopter Chases Approval of Light Sports eVTOL Aircraft
Diamond subsidiary still seeking type certification for VoloCity model
Rotorcraft
AeroGulf Plans to Buy Up to 20 SkyDrive eVTOL Aircraft
Dubai helicopter charter operator outlines provisional framework for eVTOL aircraft acquisition
Aircraft
Horizon Releases Details of Cavorite X7 VTOL Redesign
Main changes are to the six-passenger aircraft’s canard fans
Airlines
UrbanLink Plans Sea-air Network with Elfly Noemi Amphibian
South Florida, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii are among the envisaged launch routes
Rotorcraft
Leonardo Flies Proteus Naval Autonomous Helicopter
Proteus technology demonstrator could augment existing crewed military platforms in anti-submarine missions
Aircraft
Beyond Aero Completes First H2 Bizjet Wind Tunnel Tests
Scale model testing to help validate hydrogen-electric business jet design
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Windracers' Ultra Drone Range Extended To 2,000 Kilometers
Uncrewed platform's payload will be doubled to 200 kilograms
Finance, Taxes, Insurance
U.S. Exim Bank Backs Eve’s eVTOL Aircraft Program
Up to $15 million in guaranteed loans will support Eve’s U.S.-based suppliers
Aircraft
JetZero Tops $1 Billion in Funding for Z4 ‘All-wing’ Airliner
Series B financing round raised $175 million for full-size demonstrator
Aircraft
Neural Concept Launches AI Design Copilot
‘Physics-aware’ artificial intelligence accelerates product development
Training and Workforce
CAE Delivers First eVTOL Simulator to Joby’s Pilot Academy
Second simulator will arrive later this year
Fuel
Cascadia Coalition Sets Ambitious Course for SAF Production
Washington targets 1 billion gallons of annual SAF production by 2035
Aircraft
Hermeus Readying Supersonic Quarterhorse for First Flight
Aircraft has been moved to Spaceport America for flight trials
Airports
Skyports and Linden Plan Heliport At Miami's Watson Island
Upcoming vertiport to include provision for future eVTOL aircraft
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Drone Alliance Challenges Ban on Non-U.S. Products
Domestic drone advocacy body cites shortcomings in White House’s blanket ban
Airports
Laying the Foundations for eVTOL Air Taxi Services
Infrastructure development underway in the UAE, among other countries
Aircraft
Supersonic Bizjets: A Sound Investment?
No purpose-built supersonic business jet has hit the market
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
FAA’s BVLOS Overhaul Approaches Finish Line
Industry braces for historic rewrite of low-altitude rules
Safety
Researchers Tackle Fatigue In The Flight Deck
Pilot State Monitoring system monitors for sleep or drowsiness and issues alerts
