AlarisPro secures funding from DiamondStream Partners news Yves Le Marquand 26 Apr 23 0 Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) fleet management startup, AlarisPro has secured additional funding from DiamondStream Partners. The funding, also made-up by JSP Ventures and NY Technology… Read more
Stralis: Graduating Y Combinator Deep Dive Yves Le Marquand 18 Apr 23 0 An American and a Scotsman walk into an Australian aerospace startup … It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but, in fact, it… Read more
Merlin wins FAA contract to deploy nation’s first unmanned air cargo network news Yves Le Marquand 14 Apr 23 0 The FAA has awarded Merlin a $1m contract to demonstrate an automated flight control system in conjunction with a safety pilot in Alaska. In partnership… Read more
Maeve Aerospace unveils regional aircraft Maeve 01 news Yves Le Marquand 14 Apr 23 0 Almost every day Maeve Aerospace’s founders are told: “Stop it guys. You can’t do this, this is only for Airbus or Boeing. Batteries, forget it.”… Read more
Volocopter opens final assembly line facility in Germany news Yves Le Marquand 5 Apr 23 0 Volocopter yesterday opened the hangar that will host the OEM’s final assembly line in Bruchsal, Germany. The production facility also includes an airfield to conduct… Read more
Manna receives investment from Coca-Cola, eyes US expansion news Yves Le Marquand 17 Mar 23 0 Manna Drone Delivery has announced investment from Coca-Cola HBC as its eyes US expansion of its drone delivery service. Coca-Cola HBC is the strategic bottling… 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
PteroDynamics raises $7.5m in latest seed round news Yves Le Marquand 13 Mar 23 0 PteroDynamics has completed a $7.5m seed round led by Kairos Ventures, Lavrock Ventures and CS Venture Opportunities Fund. The funds raised will help PteroDynamics develop… Read more
Lufthansa Aviation Training to be launch customer for Diamond’s all-electric eDA40 news Yves Le Marquand 10 Mar 23 0 Diamond Aircraft Austria and Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to jointly explore more sustainable flight training. The cooperation includes… Read more
H55 receives support from Canadian Economic Development for Quebec Regions news Yves Le Marquand 8 Mar 23 0 H55 has received support from Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED) to fast track global expansion. The Swiss-based company has reported increasing demand… 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
PHI Aviation to buy 50 units of Kaman’s commercial ‘Kargo’ drone news Yves Le Marquand 8 Mar 23 0 PHI Aviation has inked a deal with Kaman Aerospace Corporation to purchase 50 of Kaman’s Kargo UAVTM unmanned aerial system. The agreement, announced at the… Read more
Forming a strategy to venture news Yves Le Marquand 8 Mar 23 0 “If a far-sighted capitalist had been present at Kitty Hawk, he would have done his successors a huge favour by shooting Orville down,” said Warren Buffet, chairman… Read more
Collins Aerospace to lead thermoplastics development for liquid hydrogen tanks news Yves Le Marquand 7 Mar 23 0 Collins Aerospace, under the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, is to lead development of new thermoplastics technology for liquid hydrogen tanks on aircraft. The Collins-led consortium… 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