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Reliable Robotics Steps Up Remote Piloting Plan with New Partner Daedalean

Machine-learning specialist Daedalean is helping Reliable Robotics achieve its target of completing certification for its flight-automation technology by the end of 2022.
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Embraer Still Seeking Partners for Eve eVTOL Aircraft Venture

The Brazilian aircraft manufacturer incurred losses in 2020, mainly due to declining deliveries of its commercial airliners in the wake of the Covid pandemic.
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Patent Reveals Volocopter's Plans for a Larger, Longer-range eVTOL Aircraft

The German company filed a U.S. patent application in 2020 that was based on a June 2019 European application.
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Ampaire Takes Hybrid-Electric Flight Demonstrations to the UK

Funding from the UK government will support flight testing of Ampaire's Electric EEL and Eco Otter SX aircraft.
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VerdeGo Aero Unveils VH-3 Generator For Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Powertrains

The 185 kW generator is being provided for the propulsion systems of several new electric aircraft being developed by Jaunt Air Mobility, XTI Aircraft, and Airflow.
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Leasing Group Backs Hybrid-Electric Regional Airliner Project

Falko says that it may include the 70-seat hybrid-electric aircraft in its leasing portfolio for airlines.
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Community Air Mobility Initiative Expands Membership and Collaborative Efforts

CAMI seeks to engage with a broad cross section of stakeholders to support the development of advanced air mobility.
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New Advanced Air Mobility Association Will Focus on Electric Aviation

It is recruiting members among aircraft and systems manufacturers, finance groups, operators, and universities.
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Infrastructure Developer Says Uber Elevate Vision for Urban Air Mobility Was Unsustainable

Clem Newton-Brown says his Skyportz company wants to support wider applications for eVTOL aircraft in Australia.
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Overheated Power Controller Caused Alpha Electro Motor Failure

The pilot of a Pipistrel Alpha Electro electric aircraft had to make an emergency landing in Norway after a motor failure.
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IDTechEx Report Estimates Value of eVTOL Aircraft Sales and Trip Costs

The market forecast from IDTechEx includes estimated per-passenger trip expenses starting at just $20.30 for a 10-km trip.
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Indian Start-up Prepares to Fly Subscale eVTOL Technology Demonstrator

Chennai-based ePlane has raised almost $1 million in seed funding to advance its plans for an all-electric, two-seat eVTOL aircraft.
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Windhover Labs' New Flight Computer Could Support eVTOL Aircraft

The U.S. company has adapted software that its founders developed for manned space vehicles for use on drones, satellites, and piloted light aircraft.
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Norwegian Airline Is Launch Customer For Tecnam's Electric P-Volt Commuter

Wideroe says it will start operating the nine-passenger cSTOL aircraft on domestic services from 2026.
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Varon Deploys Flightpath Navigation System to Develop Virtual Lanes

Airio has joined other technical-service providers and eVTOL developer Jaunt in supporting Varon Vehicles' plans to introduce urban air mobility to Latin America.
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Existing Power Grids May Struggle to Support New Electric Aircraft

Experts are calling on the advanced air mobility sector to urgently address how it will meet its power needs at existing airports and new urban vertiports.
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U.S. Air Force Contracts with Jump Aero for Navaid/ILS Calibration Tasks

The company will use its JA1 sub-scale eVTOL technology demonstrator to calibrate navigation aids and instrument landing systems at airports.
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SEC Filing Spells Out the Basis for Archer's $1.1 Billion Merger with Atlas SPAC

S-4 form filed a month after the deal's announcement gives clues regarding the valuation of the eVTOL aircraft developer.
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Joby and Xwing Make the Cut In Fast Company's Ranking of Most Innovative Companies

The eVTOL aircraft developer and autonomous flight technology pioneer respectively took the number six and eight slots in the transportation category.
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Whole Aircraft Recovery Parachute Tested for Bye's eFlyer 2 Model

Parachute developer Aviation Safety Resources used barrels of water to simulate the eFlyer's weight in drop tests from a helicopter.
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