SkyDrive increases Series C funding to $55m news Yves Le Marquand 3 Sep 24 0 SkyDrive has raised $55m (8bn Japanese yen) across its Series C after securing additional funding through a third-party allocation of new shares. The allocation to… Read more
PAL-V to build assembly facility at Breda International Airport news Yves Le Marquand 3 Sep 24 0 PAL-V has signed a letter of intent with Forum Group, the owner of Breda International Airport, to construct an assembly and delivery centre at the… Read more
Xplorate granted ‘unprecedented’ 500km-plus BVLOS authorisation news Yves Le Marquand 29 Aug 24 0 Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has authorised Xplorate to operate its remotely piloted aircraft 500km-plus beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) in the Queensland… Read more
MagniX unveils retrofit aircraft for NASA electrification programme news Yves Le Marquand 28 Aug 24 0 Magnix is entering the next phase of its Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration programme (EPFD) with NASA as it unveiled the De Havilland DHC-7 to be retrofitted with… Read more
H3 Dynamics to supply fuel cells to EU-funded research project news Yves Le Marquand 28 Aug 24 0 H3 Dynamics has been selected by European Union (EU) -funded Clean Aviation research project HyPoTraDe to supply its new class of aviation-grade hydrogen fuel cell… Read more
Ampaire opens new headquarters at Long Beach Airport news Yves Le Marquand 28 Aug 24 0 The ribbon has been cut at Ampaire’s new headquarters based at Long Beach Airport in Los Angeles County. The new headquarters will support Ampaire’s team… Read more
Orkney drone mail delivery service gets extension news Yves Le Marquand 28 Aug 24 0 Skyports Drone Services and Royal Mail are celebrating the one-year anniversary of their drone delivery service in Orkney, Scotland by announcing it has been extended… Read more
Scottish drone trial transports NHS lab samples for first time news Yves Le Marquand 27 Aug 24 0 A drone trial led by AGS Airports in partnership with the NHS has transported laboratory samples for the first time in Scotland. The 35-minute flight… Read more
EHang posts $9.9m loss in 2Q news Fayaz Hussain 22 Aug 24 0 Chinese urban air mobility technology platform EHang announced financial results for the second quarter of 2024 reporting a 6% year-over-year decline in net loss to… Read more
BETA takes first customer through pilot training programme news Yves Le Marquand 19 Aug 24 0 BETA has taken its first cohort of customer flight operations staff through the full syllabus for its Alia CTOL aircraft. The ALIA Pilot Training programme… Read more
Heart, JetZero and others awarded FAA FAST grants news Yves Le Marquand 16 Aug 24 0 The FAA has awarded Fueling Aviation’s Sustainable Transition (FAST) grants to a number of companies including Heart Aerospace, JetZero and Wright Electric. The FAA announced… Read more
XTI Aerospace accelerates development of TriFan 600 news Fayaz Hussain 16 Aug 24 0 XTI Aerospace announced significant progress in the development of its fixed-wing, vertical lift crossover TriFan 600 aircraft. “We continue to advance the development of the… Read more
Archer delivers first aircraft to US Air Force news Yves Le Marquand 16 Aug 24 0 Archer Aviation has delivered its first Midnight eVTOL to the US Air Force (USAF) after the Department of Defense accepted the aircraft’s military airworthiness assessment.… Read more
Signals of opportunity could provide alternative to GPS Deep Dive Yves Le Marquand 14 Aug 24 0 What do the eastern Mediterranean, Middle East, Black Sea, Norway, Finland, South China Sea, and Russia all have in common? They’ve all been or continue… Read more
Skyports and Wagner partner on vertiport development news Yves Le Marquand 14 Aug 24 0 Skyports Infrastructure has partnered with Australian property investment firm Wagner Corporation to assess vertiport development opportunities in Queensland. The partnership will look at development opportunities in… Read more