PLANA takes honour at iF Design Awards news Yves Le Marquand 19 Apr 23 0 PLANA has won the Professional Concept category of the iF Design Awards, it announced on Monday. The iF Design Awards, which are held annually in… Read more
AIR: Pushing the envelope news Yves Le Marquand 18 Apr 23 0 With a full-scale prototype flight test behind them, pushing the performance envelope ahead of crewed tests later this year, AIR is pushing on towards certification,… Read more
FAA investing $19m in AAM noise pollution research news Yves Le Marquand 12 Apr 23 0 The FAA has awarded $19m in ‘Quiet Skies’ research grants to 14 universities across the US in a drive to understand and reduce noise pollution… Read more
EVFLY and FAST group partner to develop training technology news Yves Le Marquand 4 Apr 23 0 EVFLY and FAST Group have signed a letter of intent (LoI) to work on flight simulators and related solutions for EVFLY pilot training. In what… Read more
Lyte Aviation announces Inmarsat and Inflight Canada as early partners news Yves Le Marquand 20 Mar 23 0 Startup eVTOL OEM, Lyte Aviation announces Inmarsat and Inflight Canada as early stage partners. The UK-based firm is developing a 40-seat eVTOL aircraft, with a… Read more
Eve ‘comfortable’ that liquidity will see them through to certification news Yves Le Marquand 17 Mar 23 0 Eve’s chief financial officer, Eduardo Couto told investors the OEM “feels comfortable” it’s $400m liquidity will see the firm through to certification. Yesterday, the Brazilian… Read more
UP.Partners: Upheaval in the moving world Deep Dive Yves Le Marquand 16 Mar 23 0 The idiom ‘it’s darkest before the dawn’ comes to mind when thinking about the future flight sector in 2023. By no means does the phrase describe… Read more
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
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
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
Jaunt’s parent firm Airo Group to go public via SPAC news Yves Le Marquand 6 Mar 23 0 Airo Group, the parent company of Jaunt Air Mobility, is to go public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) known as Kernel Group Holdings.… Read more
Joby Aviation performs better than forecasted in Q4 news Yves Le Marquand 27 Feb 23 0 Joby’s loss in the fourth quarter (Q4) 2022 came in lower than forecasted as expenses were offset by contract-based revenues from the US Department of… Read more
SMG and Saudi Excellence sign MoU to bring AAM to Saudi Arabia news Yves Le Marquand 24 Feb 23 0 SMG Consulting and Saudi Excellence have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore bringing AAM to the Kingdom. Saudi Excellence provides government and enterprise new… Read more
Collins Aerospace to build sidestick system for Lilium Jet news Yves Le Marquand 23 Feb 23 0 Lilium has teamed with Collins Aerospace to develop and build the Lilium Jet’s inceptors – the sidestick system used by the pilot to control the… Read more