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UAM Panel Sees Strengths and Weaknesses in Both eVTOL Startups and Established Aerospace Players
A discussion at July's FIA Connect event considered which of the eVTOL pioneers is likely to make it to market first.
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Faradair Establishes UK Base For Biofuel Hybrid STOL Aircraft
Faradair will build the prototype for its BEHA family of fixed-wing regional aircraft at the historic Duxford airfield in the UK.
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KinectAir Makes Plans To Operate VoltAero's Electric Cassio
KinectAir says it intends to be a launch customer for VoltAero's Cassio electric fixed-wing aircraft for its planned charter network.
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Nexa Teams With Vertical Flight Society To Support Urban Air Mobility
The Vertical Flight Society has partnered with Nexa Advisors to form a new company called UAM Geomatics that will produce data on the eVTOL market.
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Electric Aircraft Maker Bye Raises $10M for eFlyers
Bye Aerospace aims to have its two-seat eFlyer all-electric aircraft ready to enter service in 2021, followed by the four-seat eFlyer 4.
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Toray To Provide Composites for Lilium eVTOL
Japanese carbon-fiber specialist Toray will supply lightweight materials to manufacture Lilium's five-seat, all-electric aircraft.
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FAA's Concept of Operations for Urban Air Mobility is a First Take On How to Handle Air Traffic Management for eVTOL Aircraft
Critics say FAA's version one ConOps document for urban air mobility needs more work before service entry starts.
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HyPoint Advances Hydrogen Fuel Cells for Electric Aircraft
HyPoint says it will have a 150 kW hydrogen fuel system ready to deliver for an eVTOL or electric fixed-wing aircraft by early 2022.
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Kinect Air Prepares To Launch Charter, Frax Programs
Kinect Air says its AI-led platform will result in more efficient fleet utilisation for its planned per-seat charter and fractional ownership programs.
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BAE Reduces Sizes of Energy Systems For Electric Aircraft
BAE is adapting energy management, engine controls, and power conversion systems for use with the electric propulsion systems of new eVTOL aircraft.
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Airbus Demonstrates Autonomous Flight with ATTOL Project
An Airbus A350-1000 widebody airliner achieved fully autonomous taxi, takeoff, and landings in a series of test flights.
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Honeywell Develops Air Conditioning System for Electric Aircraft
Honeywell's new MicroVCS offers lower maintenance and reduced weight for electric aircraft air-conditioning needs.
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ZeroAvia Targets Commercial Hydrogen Aircraft Ops by 2023
ZeroAviation is preparing to start flight testing a hydrogen-powered six-seat aircraft, but says that by 2040 the technology could carry 200 people more than 3,000 nm.
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SkyDrive Set For First Flight of Flying Car With 100 Corporate Backers
The Japanese eVTOL developer expects to make a first public flight during the summer of 2020.
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Honeywell Focuses New Unit on UAS and UAM Sectors
The new Honeywell business unit will offer avionics, power, air traffic management, and other systems for new aircraft in the UAS and UAM sectors.
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Urban Aeronautics Selects HyPoint to Provide Hydrogen Fuel Cells For CityHawk VTOL
The hydrogen-powered version of the aircraft is expected to start flight testing between 2028 and 2030.
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EASA Awards First Electric Aircraft TC to Pipistrel
EASA this week completed what it says is the world's first type certification for a fully electric aircraft, indicating it will pave the way for others.
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Wisk Resumes Cora eVTOL Test Flights after Covid Halt
The four Cora eVTOL prototypes have logged more than 1,300 flight test hours at development sites in New Zealand and California.
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Airflow Launches eSTOL Electric Cargo Aircraft
Former members of Airbus's Vahana eVTOL development team now believe that electric short takeoff and landing aircraft could be more cost effective.
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Electric-powered Grand Caravan Makes 30-minute First Flight
Magnix is partnering with AeroTec to re-engine the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan single turboprop with an electric propulsion system.
