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Regent

Japan Airlines’ innovation fund makes strategic investment in Regent

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Yves Le Marquand
27 Jan 23
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Regent has received a strategic investment from Japan Airlines’ (JAL) Innovation Fund, bringing the total raised by the firm to over $45m.  JAL said its…

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Electra awarded $85m AFWERX funding increase

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Yves Le Marquand
26 Jan 23
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Electra.aero has been awarded a Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) by the US Air Force’s AFWERX worth up to $85m for its eSTOL. The funding will…

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Alef sees over 440 orders for its flying car in Q4

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Yves Le Marquand
26 Jan 23
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Alef Aeronautics amassed over 440 pre-orders for it Model A flying car in Q4 last year.  Upon delivery, those orders represent over $132m of revenue…

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Drone delivery, what’s the E.T.(A)?

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Yves Le Marquand
25 Jan 23
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In the famous 1982 film E.T., the line everyone remembers is “phone home”. Had the film come out a half-century later that line could well be “E.T. drone home”. At…

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First flight for NUNCATS ‘electric sky jeep’

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Yves Le Marquand
24 Jan 23
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UK firm NUNCATS’ ‘electric sky jeep’, an aviation project aimed at improving healthcare in remote regions, has taken to the skies for the first time.…

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Dufour Aerospace completes Series B investing from Vista Global

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Yves Le Marquand
24 Jan 23
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Dufour Aerospace has completed a Series B funding with investors including private aviation group, Vista Global. In addition to Vista, the existing investors and two…

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Australian government awards Dovetail $2.1m R&D contract

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Yves Le Marquand
23 Jan 23
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Dovetail Electric Aviation has been awarded a A$3m ($2.1m) research grant by the Australian Government to support the development of electric aviation technology.  The electric…

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Vertical receives payment for 25 delivery slots from Japan’s Marubeni Corporation

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Yves Le Marquand
20 Jan 23
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Vertical Aerospace has secured a pre-delivery payment for the reservation of aircraft delivery slots from Japanese trading and investment conglomerate, Marubeni Corporation. Marubeni has reserved…

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NASA awards Boeing Sustainable Flight Demonstrator contract

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Yves Le Marquand
19 Jan 23
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NASA has selected Boeing to lead the development and flight testing of a full-scale Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) demonstrator aircraft. The technology is being developed…

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Skyroads is building Germany’s first automated flight test site

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Yves Le Marquand
19 Jan 23
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Skyroads has began equipping its automated flight test site at Augsburg Airport in southern Germany. The Munich-based company’s project, co-funded by the state of Bavaria,…

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RedBird Capital amasses over 5% stake in Blade

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Yves Le Marquand
18 Jan 23
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NY-based private equity firm RedBird Capital has now accumulated a more than 5% stake in Blade Air Mobility, according to founder and managing partner, Gerry…

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Air Nostra and Volotea acquire minority stake in Dovetail Electric

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Yves Le Marquand
17 Jan 23
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Air Nostrum and Volotea have acquired a minority stake in Australia-based Dovetail Electric Aviation. Air Nostrum, Volotea and Dovetail said the investment demonstrates that airlines…

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Qingdao investment arm invests $10m in EHang

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Yves Le Marquand
13 Jan 23
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EHang and Qingdao West Coast New Area have signed off on a strategic partnership that will see $10m invested in EHang with potential for another…

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NASA to invest in real-time negotiation system for AAM

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Yves Le Marquand
12 Jan 23
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NASA is investing in building a digital architecture to connect vehicle, infrastructure and airspace for automated real-time negotiations during AAM operations. With a first system…

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Joby

All things are difficult before they get VC

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Yves Le Marquand
11 Jan 23
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Venture capital is an optimistic form of investment, but to what extent will that optimism be quelled by the economic climate? “We will see a…

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