Skyportz releases amelioration modelling for eVTOL downwash and outwash

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Yves Le Marquand

5 Sep 25

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Skyportz has released an animation that demonstrates the impact its vertipad patent (pictured above) will have on the “amelioration” of eVTOL downwash and outwash. The…

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Xplorate launches ‘360° Vision’ for long range drone operations

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Yves Le Marquand

5 Sep 25

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Ideas of omniscience have been discussed for millennia, usually in religious contexts, but the power to see, or know, everything has remained an impossibility. This…

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Five on Friday: FAA chief on eVTOL certification

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Yves Le Marquand

7 Jul 25

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This week FAA acting administrator Chris Rocheleau told us he is confident operations involving eVTOL aircraft will be certified in the US before the end…

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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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Five on Friday: Wing, Beta and Joby

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Yves Le Marquand

11 Jun 25

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In US cities with over 1m people, 22% of land in the city centre is used for parking, according to Parking Reform Network. But that…

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Five on Friday: Vertical, ZeroAvia and Beta

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Yves Le Marquand

27 May 25

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In a must-have for any and all footage of mysterious or extraordinary phenomena, a grainy video appeared last week which appears to show Vertical’s VX4…

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Beta’s CTOL in Ireland ahead of EU tour and first delivery to Bristow

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Yves Le Marquand

23 May 25

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Beta Technologies’ CTOL aircraft is at Shannon Airport in southwest Ireland today on the first stop of a debut European tour. Hosted with the support…

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Sinclair Community College buys a Beta CTOL and flight simulator

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Yves Le Marquand

16 May 25

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Dayton-based Sinclair Community College has purchased one of Beta’s Alia CTOL aircraft as well as a state-of-the-art flight simulator.  With the acquisition of the Alia…

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Five on Friday: Archer, Anra and JetBlue Ventures

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Yves Le Marquand

16 May 25

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How many Olympics does it take to fly an air taxi? According to Archer, the answer is two.  This week the Californian eVTOL developer said…

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What is going on in China? The growth of the low-altitude economy

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Yves Le Marquand

16 Apr 25

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When US influencer and streamer Darren Watkins Jr, better known as IShowSpeed, concluded a tour of China this month it was largely seen as a…

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Five on Friday: EHang, Vertical and Whisper

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Yves Le Marquand

7 Apr 25

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This week we saw the first air operator certificate (AOC) granted for an uncrewed passenger aircraft. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the development originates from China and its…

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Five on Friday: Xplorate, Ethiopian Airlines and Airbus

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Yves Le Marquand

28 Mar 25

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With a renewed contract and a new aircraft delivery, Xplorate took two steps this week to further assert itself as a world leader in remotely…

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Five on Friday: AutoSpray, Dassault Systèmes and Elfly

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Yves Le Marquand

24 Mar 25

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This week the UK Civil Aviation Authority issued an operational authorisation to AutoSpray Systems to conduct beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations with its 120kg…

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First full-scale sea trial goes to plan says Regent co-founder

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Yves Le Marquand

14 Mar 25

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The initial on-water trial of a full-scale sea glider prototype has been a success, according to Mike Klinker, co-founder and chief technical officer at Regent.…

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