Something to rely on: Reliable Robotics’ autopilot flies solo

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Yves Le Marquand

18 Dec 23

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  The famous Keane song “Somewhere Only We Know” features the lyric “I’m getting old, I need something to rely on”. Irrespective of age for…

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Maeve switches focus to 80-seater aircraft

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Yves Le Marquand

11 Dec 23

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Maeve Aerospace is now developing an 80-seat hybrid-electric aircraft, switching focus from the previously announced 44-seat Maeve 01.  Given the name M80, the aircraft will…

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Canso invests $6.7m in Horizon Aircraft

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Yves Le Marquand

7 Dec 23

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Horizon Aircraft has announced a strategic investment from Canso Investment Counsel and affiliates for $6.7m CAD. The investment, which totals just under $5m USD, comes…

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Innovation from collaboration: Xwing and Daedalean to share knowledge

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Yves Le Marquand

29 Nov 23

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Xwing and Daedalean are coming together to share their knowledge and processes of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate market entry and boost…

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Vaeridion and EASA sign pre-application contract on Microliner certification

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Yves Le Marquand

28 Nov 23

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Vaeridion has signed a pre-application contract (PAC) with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in a first for a general aviation manufacturer. The Munich-based…

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Lilium receives design approval from EASA

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Yves Le Marquand

27 Nov 23

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Lilium has received Design Organisation Approval from EASA further clearing the pathway towards type certification of its eVTOL.  The approval means the German eVTOL aircraft…

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Aibot awarded $15m by California Competes programme

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Yves Le Marquand

22 Nov 23

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Aibot has been awarded a $15m grant from the California Competes Grant Program.  The California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), which gives…

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Joby posts $1.5m profit in third quarter

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Fayaz Hussain

3 Nov 23

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Joby posted net profit of $1.5m in the third quarter (Q3) this was on the back of higher other income including $116m gain from revaluation…

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BETA’s Alia begins deployment with US Air Force

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Yves Le Marquand

30 Oct 23

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BETA Technologies has landed its all-electric aircraft at Duke Field, Florida to begin a contracted deployment period with the US Air Force (USAF). BETA’s ALIA…

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Reliable Robotics to design in-house radar system

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Yves Le Marquand

30 Oct 23

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Reliable Robotics has hired Marc Pos to lead design and certification of a detect and avoid (DAA) radar system.  The system will make up a…

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Forza Jetson

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Yves Le Marquand

25 Oct 23

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Back in 1954, a football match between Fiorentina and Pistoiese ground to a halt when UFOs were spotted above the Stadio Artemi Franchi in Florence.…

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SkyDrive granted $82m contract by Japan government

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Yves Le Marquand

24 Oct 23

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SkyDrive has been awarded a contract worth over $82m by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to develop its eVTOL. The contract comes under…

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A slice of the FAA layer cake

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Yves Le Marquand

18 Oct 23

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Memorising sections of a religious text, if not all of it, is a way for followers to preserve and protect those teachings. A similar code…

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EHang has EH216-S type certified by Chinese regulator

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Yves Le Marquand

16 Oct 23

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EHang has been awarded a type certificate (TC) for its passenger-carrying autonomous air taxi,  EH216-S by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).  The TC…

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How the US military is teaming up to get advanced aircraft flying

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Yves Le Marquand

11 Oct 23

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When the AFWERX Agility Prime programme was launched in 2020, it was focused on planting the stars and stripes atop the summit of Mount eVTOL…

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