Five on Friday: JetZero, Signature and Archer

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Yves Le Marquand

16 Jun 25

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Maybe the most credible entrant to disrupt the duopoly of Boeing and Airbus got another step closer to realising its potential last week. JetZero has…

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Executive orders welcomed by drone industry, but do they go far enough?

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Yves Le Marquand

12 Jun 25

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“If I wrote a wish list, this order ticks off every item I’d have on there.” This is how one drone operator described the Executive Orders…

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Blade and Skyports Infrastructure launching pilot programme in Manhattan

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Yves Le Marquand

10 Mar 25

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Blade Air Mobility and Skyports Infrastructure are set to launch a pilot programme to gather data that will help support eVTOL operations from Downtown Manhattan…

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Clearing general aviation’s paper jam

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Yves Le Marquand

7 Mar 25

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It is a surprisingly warm Monday afternoon for early March in Surrey, the county immediately south of London, UK. The early spring sun glints off…

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Building the backbone of electric flight

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Yves Le Marquand

3 Mar 25

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You will likely have heard of Beta Technologies, but probably not Aerovolt. That said, the unofficial mantra the two companies live by is very similar…

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Beta’s installs first electric charger in South Carolina

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Yves Le Marquand

11 Feb 25

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Florence Regional Airport (FLO) become the first location in South Carolina to install a Beta Technologies electric aircraft charger.  The charger, manufactured by Beta, are…

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Beta, 47G and Utah partner to bring AAM operations to state

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Yves Le Marquand

29 Jan 25

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Beta Technologies and 47G | Utah Aerospace & Defense (47G) have signed an agreement to begin work to launch a statewide advanced air mobility (AAM)…

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‘US air taxi certification likely pushed to 2027’

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Yves Le Marquand

17 Jan 25

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  The first type certification of an eVTOL aircraft in the US is unlikely to be issued before 2027.  That was the takeaway message following…

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Drone strike sharpens focus on ‘effective’ airspace management

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Yves Le Marquand

16 Jan 25

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Last week, a De Havilland CL-415 water bomber was damaged after it collided with a drone whilst fighting the wildfires that have and continue to…

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UAE regulator approves Skyports’ first vertiport design

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Yves Le Marquand

9 Jan 25

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Skyports has received technical design approval from the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) General Civil Aviation Authority for its first commercial vertiport in the country. Named…

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Atlantic Aviation acquires Ferrovial Vertiports

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Yves Le Marquand

8 Jan 25

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Atlantic Aviation has acquired Ferrovial Vertiports, the vertiport business of infrastructure company Ferrovial. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlantic, Ferrovial Vertiports will immediately begin…

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Beta Technologies expands charging network by nearly 200% in 2024

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Yves Le Marquand

7 Jan 25

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Beta Technologies installed electric chargers at 30 new sites in 2024, growing its network by almost 200%, the company has reported. The electric aircraft and…

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Skyports breaks ground on UK vertiport development

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Yves Le Marquand

13 Dec 24

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Skyports Infrastructure and Bicester Motion have broken ground on the UK’s first vertiport testbed development. The vertiport is under construction on a plot of 0.42…

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Skyports and Groupe ADP joint venture to operate Manhattan heliport

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Yves Le Marquand

10 Dec 24

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A joint venture between Skyports Infrastructure and Groupe ADP has been named as the new operator of the Downtown Manhattan Heliport. The New York City…

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BETA Technologies Series C raises $318m

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Yves Le Marquand

1 Nov 24

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BETA has raised $318m from its Series C funding round led by the Qatar Investment Authority. The Vermont-based electric aircraft developer has now raised more…

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