BETA Technologies unveils certification plans for eCTOL aircraft news Yves Le Marquand 14 Mar 23 0 BETA Technologies has revealed plans to certify an eCTOL model of its all-electric aircraft, known as the CX300. The aircraft is the company’s second all-electric… Read more
BETA Technologies opening Montréal facility news Yves Le Marquand 13 Mar 23 0 BETA Technologies is opening an engineering hub in Montréal, Canada to focus on structural engineering and materials processing. The firm opens its new location with… Read more
PteroDynamics raises $7.5m in latest seed round news Yves Le Marquand 13 Mar 23 0 PteroDynamics has completed a $7.5m seed round led by Kairos Ventures, Lavrock Ventures and CS Venture Opportunities Fund. The funds raised will help PteroDynamics develop… Read more
Google company Wing reveals plans for drone delivery network news Yves Le Marquand 10 Mar 23 0 Wing, a subsidiary of Alphabet which owns Google, has unveiled plans for a drone delivery network. According to the firm, the economics of drone delivery… Read more
Lufthansa Aviation Training to be launch customer for Diamond’s all-electric eDA40 news Yves Le Marquand 10 Mar 23 0 Diamond Aircraft Austria and Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to jointly explore more sustainable flight training. The cooperation includes… Read more
Archer: ‘Aggressive roadmap’ led to ‘significant milestones’ in 2022 news Yves Le Marquand 10 Mar 23 0 Archer’s roadmap for 2022 has led to the achievement of number of “significant milestones” over the past year, according to Adam Goldstein. GAAP total operating… Read more
Sikorsky and GE to jointly develop hybrid-electric VTOL demonstrator news Yves Le Marquand 9 Mar 23 0 Sikorsky and GE Aerospace are producing a fully-autonomous hybrid-electric demonstrator (HEX) VTOL. With a maximum gross weight of more than 7,000lbs (3,175kg), the uncrewed aircraft… Read more
ZeroAvia demonstrates ‘record’ HTPEM system testing news Yves Le Marquand 9 Mar 23 0 ZeroAvia has reported achieving record-breaking performance in testing of its High Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane (HTPEM) systems. Early testing of the pressurised 20kW HTPEM stack… Read more
H55 receives support from Canadian Economic Development for Quebec Regions news Yves Le Marquand 8 Mar 23 0 H55 has received support from Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED) to fast track global expansion. The Swiss-based company has reported increasing demand… Read more
Archer begins construction on Covington manufacturing facility news Yves Le Marquand 8 Mar 23 0 Archer Aviation has begun construction on its Georgia-based manufacturing facility, closing the local incentive transaction. The planned approximately 350,000sqft facility, located adjacent to the Covington… Read more
Forming a strategy to venture news Yves Le Marquand 8 Mar 23 0 “If a far-sighted capitalist had been present at Kitty Hawk, he would have done his successors a huge favour by shooting Orville down,” said Warren Buffet, chairman… Read more
Collins Aerospace to lead thermoplastics development for liquid hydrogen tanks news Yves Le Marquand 7 Mar 23 0 Collins Aerospace, under the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, is to lead development of new thermoplastics technology for liquid hydrogen tanks on aircraft. The Collins-led consortium… Read more
Sekisui Chemical makes strategic investment in Volocopter news Yves Le Marquand 6 Mar 23 0 Sekisui Chemical has joined growing number of Japanese investors in German eVTOL OEM, Volocopter. Sekisui will develop various materials and technologies for Volocopter’s eVTOL cultivated… Read more
Plana and SkyScape to develop Asia’s first international eVTOL route news Yves Le Marquand 6 Mar 23 0 SkyScape and Plana have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) develop Asia’s first eVTOL route between Korea and Japan. The agreement will see the two… Read more
Doroni Aerospace completes tethered flight test news Yves Le Marquand 6 Mar 23 0 Doroni Aerospace has completed a tethered flight test with their eVTOL prototype, the Doroni H1 “flying car”. The flight test comes on the back of… Read more