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Lilium Pushes Projected eVTOL Aircraft Type Certification into 2025

The company says it will build and start flying the first production-conforming versions of the seven-seat Lilium Jet in 2023 and will then need another 15 to 18 months to earn EASA type certification.

FutureFlight

March 31, 2022

Australia's Greenbird Consortium Now Includes Local eVTOL Aircraft Developer AMSL

AMSL Aero is working on an all-electric eVTOL aircraft called the Vertiia, which would carry a pilot and five passengers or around 1,100 pounds of freight.

FutureFlight

March 31, 2022

Hyundai Adds eSTOL Regional Aircraft to its Supernal eVTOL Plans

Expected to fly to a range of 1,000 km, Hyundai’s eSTOL aircraft would enter service on so-called regional air routes connecting cities in South Korea.

FutureFlight

March 30, 2022

Gold Coast Helicopter Operator Signs Up for Australian Vertiport Network Plan

Sea World Helicopters has joined a partnership led by ground infrastructure group Skyportz to develop commercial eVTOL aircraft operations in Australia.

FutureFlight

March 30, 2022

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Turkish Operator Gozen Will Fly Vertical's VX4 eVTOL in Scheduled Services

Leasing group Avolon says that payments for provisional eVTOL orders will be finalized only after operating plans have been confirmed with prospective customers.

FutureFlight

March 29, 2022

UK's Aerospace Technology Institute to Offer Up to £1 Billion In New Green Aviation Funding

The UK’s Aerospace Technology Institute is offering an additional £685 million in funding for the development of “green” aviation technology over the next three years.

FutureFlight

March 29, 2022

EHang Expects EH216 Certification in Mid-2022 and Launch of World's First eVTOL Revenue Flights

The Chinese company told investors to expect an uptick in revenues during the second half of this year from sightseeing and firefighting operations.

FutureFlight

March 29, 2022

Lilium Gets Clearance To Resume eVTOL Flight Testing in Spain

The company had to suspend flight testing for just over two years after losing a technology demonstrator to a ground fire in February 2020.

FutureFlight

March 29, 2022

HyPoint Extends Hydrogen Flight Range with New Ultralight Fuel Tanks

NASA award-winning hydrogen fuel cell developer HyPoint has partnered with hydrogen tank maker Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories to employ a new graphite fiber tank that offer 10 times more capacity than do existing fuel tanks.

FutureFlight

March 29, 2022

FedEx To Test Autonomous Drone Cargo Delivery with Elroy Air

FedEx and Elroy Air plan to launch test flights of the Chaparral autonomous air cargo system in early 2023.

FutureFlight

March 28, 2022

Eve Anticipates Increased Capital from 2Q 2022 Merger and Wall Street Flotation

New backers for the eVTOL aircraft developer's public investment in private equity have brought around $42 million in additional funds to a deal that will see it merge with Zanite Acquisition.

FutureFlight

March 25, 2022

EASA Publishes First Guidance on Urban Air Mobility Vertiport Design

EASA's Prototype Technical Design Specifications for vertiports offer guidance to urban planners, local decision-makers, and industry stakeholders to aid in the design of facilities that will serve VTOL aircraft.

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March 24, 2022

Joby's Second eVTOL Prototype Restarts Flight Testing After Accident

The company is working with the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate the cause of a February 16 crash involving its first prototype aircraft.

FutureFlight

March 24, 2022

U.S. Senate Passes Bill To Ensure Government Support of Advanced Air Mobility

The Advanced Air Mobility Coordination and Leadership Act (S.516) would establish an interagency working group to more effectively engage the federal government in furthering the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) sector.

FutureFlight

March 24, 2022

For Jaunt's eVTOL Design, Slow Rotor Compound Technology Is the Secret Sauce

The company's approach in designed to deliver the best of both the fixed-wing and rotorcraft worlds.

FutureFlight

March 24, 2022

How Methanol Is Staking a Claim to Be a Key Enabler for Hydrogen-fueled Aviation

U.S.-based start-up Element 1 is advancing the case for using liquid methanol as a means of producing net-zero-carbon hydrogen fuel for aircraft.

FutureFlight

March 24, 2022

Joby Submits eVTOL Safety Certification Plan to FAA

An FAA type certification plan submitted by Joby Aviation this week centers on safety considerations relating to materials, seats, and occupant restraints for its four-passenger eVTOL aircraft..

FutureFlight

March 23, 2022

Japan's Kanematsu Group Leads $23 Million Series B Funding Round for Skyports

The trading conglomerate was joined by other new investors including industrial real estate company Goodman Group, Italian airport and infrastructure funds 2i Aeroporti and F2i, and GreenPoint, a U.S.-based venture-capital firm.

FutureFlight

March 23, 2022

Air Traffic Management Group Terra Drone Boosted by $70 Million Funding Round

The Series B funding round was supported by Mitsui, SBI Investment Co., Tokyo Land Corporation, Kyushu Electric Power T&D, and Seika Corporation

FutureFlight

March 23, 2022

New Concept of Operations Report Paves the Way for UK Progress with Urban Air Mobility

The document was produced by a consortium that included Eve, Vertical Aerospace and Volocopter, along with air traffic management groups NATS and Atech, ground infrastructure specialist and drone operator Skyports, and London's Heathrow and City Airports.

FutureFlight

March 22, 2022

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Lilium Pushes Projected eVTOL Aircraft Type Certification into 2025

The company says it will build and start flying the first production-conforming versions of the seven-seat Lilium Jet in 2023 and will then need another 15 to 18 months to earn EASA type certification.

Australia's Greenbird Consortium Now Includes Local eVTOL Aircraft Developer AMSL

AMSL Aero is working on an all-electric eVTOL aircraft called the Vertiia, which would carry a pilot and five passengers or around 1,100 pounds of freight.

Hyundai Adds eSTOL Regional Aircraft to its Supernal eVTOL Plans

Expected to fly to a range of 1,000 km, Hyundai’s eSTOL aircraft would enter service on so-called regional air routes connecting cities in South Korea.

Gold Coast Helicopter Operator Signs Up for Australian Vertiport Network Plan

Sea World Helicopters has joined a partnership led by ground infrastructure group Skyportz to develop commercial eVTOL aircraft operations in Australia.

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Turkish Operator Gozen Will Fly Vertical's VX4 eVTOL in Scheduled Services

Leasing group Avolon says that payments for provisional eVTOL orders will be finalized only after operating plans have been confirmed with prospective customers.

UK's Aerospace Technology Institute to Offer Up to £1 Billion In New Green Aviation Funding

The UK’s Aerospace Technology Institute is offering an additional £685 million in funding for the development of “green” aviation technology over the next three years.

EHang Expects EH216 Certification in Mid-2022 and Launch of World's First eVTOL Revenue Flights

The Chinese company told investors to expect an uptick in revenues during the second half of this year from sightseeing and firefighting operations.

Lilium Gets Clearance To Resume eVTOL Flight Testing in Spain

The company had to suspend flight testing for just over two years after losing a technology demonstrator to a ground fire in February 2020.

HyPoint Extends Hydrogen Flight Range with New Ultralight Fuel Tanks

NASA award-winning hydrogen fuel cell developer HyPoint has partnered with hydrogen tank maker Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories to employ a new graphite fiber tank that offer 10 times more capacity than do existing fuel tanks.

FedEx To Test Autonomous Drone Cargo Delivery with Elroy Air

FedEx and Elroy Air plan to launch test flights of the Chaparral autonomous air cargo system in early 2023.

Eve Anticipates Increased Capital from 2Q 2022 Merger and Wall Street Flotation

New backers for the eVTOL aircraft developer's public investment in private equity have brought around $42 million in additional funds to a deal that will see it merge with Zanite Acquisition.

EASA Publishes First Guidance on Urban Air Mobility Vertiport Design

EASA's Prototype Technical Design Specifications for vertiports offer guidance to urban planners, local decision-makers, and industry stakeholders to aid in the design of facilities that will serve VTOL aircraft.

Joby's Second eVTOL Prototype Restarts Flight Testing After Accident

The company is working with the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate the cause of a February 16 crash involving its first prototype aircraft.

U.S. Senate Passes Bill To Ensure Government Support of Advanced Air Mobility

The Advanced Air Mobility Coordination and Leadership Act (S.516) would establish an interagency working group to more effectively engage the federal government in furthering the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) sector.

For Jaunt's eVTOL Design, Slow Rotor Compound Technology Is the Secret Sauce

The company's approach in designed to deliver the best of both the fixed-wing and rotorcraft worlds.

How Methanol Is Staking a Claim to Be a Key Enabler for Hydrogen-fueled Aviation

U.S.-based start-up Element 1 is advancing the case for using liquid methanol as a means of producing net-zero-carbon hydrogen fuel for aircraft.

Joby Submits eVTOL Safety Certification Plan to FAA

An FAA type certification plan submitted by Joby Aviation this week centers on safety considerations relating to materials, seats, and occupant restraints for its four-passenger eVTOL aircraft..

Japan's Kanematsu Group Leads $23 Million Series B Funding Round for Skyports

The trading conglomerate was joined by other new investors including industrial real estate company Goodman Group, Italian airport and infrastructure funds 2i Aeroporti and F2i, and GreenPoint, a U.S.-based venture-capital firm.

Air Traffic Management Group Terra Drone Boosted by $70 Million Funding Round

The Series B funding round was supported by Mitsui, SBI Investment Co., Tokyo Land Corporation, Kyushu Electric Power T&D, and Seika Corporation

New Concept of Operations Report Paves the Way for UK Progress with Urban Air Mobility

The document was produced by a consortium that included Eve, Vertical Aerospace and Volocopter, along with air traffic management groups NATS and Atech, ground infrastructure specialist and drone operator Skyports, and London's Heathrow and City Airports.

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