Meet the crop spraying startup with plans for space exploration

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Yves Le Marquand

14 Jun 24

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From grain belts to asteroid belts. Psyche Aerospace’s 23-year-old CEO and founder plans to disrupt Brazil’s agricultural aviation industry before switching his attention beyond the…

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Skyports Infrastructure partners with Unified Aviation

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Yves Le Marquand

13 Jun 24

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Skyports Infrastructure has partnered with Unified Aviation to support its global rollout of vertiport infrastructure. The agreement enables Skyports to deploy “take-off and landing infrastructure”…

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Rolls-Royce Electrical to supply EPU to MD Aircraft

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Yves Le Marquand

12 Jun 24

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Regional air mobility startup MD Aircraft has selected Rolls-Royce’s electric division to supply the electronic power unit (EPU) for its aircraft. The partnership, which was…

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Archer’s Midnight flies first uncrewed transition flight

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Yves Le Marquand

12 Jun 24

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  Archer has published visuals of the first full transition flight of its Midnight aircraft which took place on June 8th at its test facilities…

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FAA and EASA issue broader guidance for eVTOL certification

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Yves Le Marquand

10 Jun 24

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Today the FAA has published an Advisory Circular (AC) whilst EASA has updated its special condition for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft to give…

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Lilium establishes entity to expand role in Chinese market

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Yves Le Marquand

10 Jun 24

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Lilium has signed an agreement with China’s Shenzhen-based Bao’an District to establish an entity in the country. The subsidiary, known by its English translation as Powerful Wing,…

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‘The first eVTOLs will form a beachhead industry’ and there is nothing wrong with that

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Yves Le Marquand

6 Jun 24

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Batteries, load factors and utilisation. Sounds like the start of a decent joke if you’re in the electric aircraft business.  They’re also the biggest limiting…

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Skyportz releases vertiport concepts for Brisbane Olympics

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Yves Le Marquand

5 Jun 24

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Skyportz has published concepts for vertiports on the Brisbane River it hopes will be operational in time for Brisbane Olympics in 2032.  The Australian vertiport…

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Joby acquires Xwing autonomy technology

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Yves Le Marquand

4 Jun 24

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Joby has acquired the autonomy division of Xwing, a US autonomous aviation systems startup that has been test flying autonomous aircraft since 2020.  The deal…

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Loft Dynamics to build simulators for Dufour Aerospace

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Yves Le Marquand

4 Jun 24

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Loft Dynamics is now developing virtual reality (VR) simulators for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft following an agreement with Dufour Aerospace.  Loft, a…

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Bell Textron selected for next phase of DARPA X-Plane programme

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Yves Le Marquand

3 Jun 24

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Bell Textron is moving to Phase 1B of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) X-Plane programme.  The SPRINT programme…

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EHang reports 164% jump in first quarter revenue

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Fayaz Hussain

28 May 24

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Chinese urban air mobility technology platform EHang reported 164% year-over-year increase in total revenue to $8.5m compared to $3.2m in the same period last year.…

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Vertical Aerospace narrows losses to £20m in 1Q

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Fayaz Hussain

28 May 24

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Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Vertical Aerospace reported a net operating loss of £20m for the first quarter of 2024 compared to…

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Lilium launches public offering to bridge liquidity gap

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Yves Le Marquand

24 May 24

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Lilium has announced plans to raise capital through a public offering of its Class A shares and warrants, alongside a private placement. “We currently intend…

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Hydroplane wins US Army xTechSearch 8 competition

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Yves Le Marquand

23 May 24

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Hydroplane has won a US Army competition for its whitepaper and presentation to develop a hydrogen fuel cell powerplant for electric aircraft propulsion and auxiliary…

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