AMSL Aero’s Vertiia eVTOL completes maiden flight

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Yves Le Marquand

21 Feb 23

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Vertiia, the eVTOL being developed by Australian firm, AMSL Aero has completed its maiden test flight. This is the first ever flight by an Australian-designed…

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Volocopter receives Series E funding from Sumitomo Corporation

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Yves Le Marquand

21 Feb 23

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Volocopter has received Series E funding from Japanese trading house, Sumitomo Corporation and concurrent type certification from the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB). Sumitomo will…

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Joby begins propellor testing at NASA’s Ames wind tunnel

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Yves Le Marquand

20 Feb 23

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Joby Aviation has begun testing its propellors at the world’s largest wind tunnel facility at NASA’s Ames Research Centre. The National Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex (NFAC),…

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Joby’s first production-conforming aircraft begins final assembly

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Yves Le Marquand

14 Feb 23

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Joby Aviation has begun final assembly of the first aircraft to be produced at the OEM’s pilot manufacturing facility in Marina, California. In what the…

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Joby completes second stage of FAA type certification

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Yves Le Marquand

10 Feb 23

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Joby Aviation has completed the second stage of its FAA type certification process. The second stage of the type certification process involves the OEM identifying…

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Horizon releases Cavorite hover test footage

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Yves Le Marquand

17 Jan 23

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Horizon Aircraft has released the first footage of its Cavorite X5 scale prototype in the air. Earlier this month Revolution.Aero reported that the Canada-based eVTOL…

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FAA partners with Korean regulatory authority on AAM certification and operations

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Yves Le Marquand

9 Jan 23

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The FAA and the Korea Office of Civil Aviation (KOCA) have agreed to partner on future AAM aircraft development and operations.  The agencies signed a…

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Horizon’s Cavorite prototype completes initial hover testing

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Yves Le Marquand

4 Jan 23

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Horizon Aircraft’s Cavorite X5 scale prototype has successfully completed initial hover testing today. The firm now plans to move to transition flight testing in the…

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ZeroAvia to begin test flights this month

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Yves Le Marquand

3 Jan 23

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ZeroAvia is to begin flight testing this month after the UK CAA granted it a Part 21 permit to fly. The start-up, which operates a…

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FAA releases airworthiness criteria for Archer’s Midnight

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Yves Le Marquand

19 Dec 22

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The FAA has released the proposed airworthiness criteria for Archer’s eVTOL.  Archer will have to meet the criteria in order to achieve certification of its…

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Joby reaches halfway point of FAA systems review

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Yves Le Marquand

15 Dec 22

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Joby has completed the second of four system reviews required by the FAA as part of its aircraft type certification. The review was an in-person,…

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Ampaire wins $150,000 from NASA small business programme

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Yves Le Marquand

9 Dec 22

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Ampaire has won a $150,000 Phase 1 award from NASA under its Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) programme.  The award, to be used on Ampaire’s…

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PDPs are ‘integral component’ to Lilium’s future capital structure

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Yves Le Marquand

8 Dec 22

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Pre-delivery payments are an “integral component” to Lilium’s future capital structure and will form a key part of its development in 2023, according to Sebastien…

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The path to power(ed lift)

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Yves Le Marquand

7 Dec 22

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Class 14 CFR 21.17(b) or CS-23/CS-27. That is the question. To build a successful aircraft you need to make thousands of correct decisions. One of…

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EHang: Revenues down, losses up as certification enters ‘final stage’

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Yves Le Marquand

5 Dec 22

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Revenues were down 44% and net losses climbed to $10.8m on the previous quarter during EHang’s third quarter (Q3) as the firm entered the final…

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