Heart, JetZero and others awarded FAA FAST grants

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Yves Le Marquand

16 Aug 24

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The FAA has awarded Fueling Aviation’s Sustainable Transition (FAST) grants to a number of companies including Heart Aerospace, JetZero and Wright Electric.  The FAA announced…

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Archer delivers first aircraft to US Air Force

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Yves Le Marquand

16 Aug 24

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Archer Aviation has delivered its first Midnight eVTOL to the US Air Force (USAF) after the Department of Defense accepted the aircraft’s military airworthiness assessment.…

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Signals of opportunity could provide alternative to GPS

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Yves Le Marquand

14 Aug 24

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What do the eastern Mediterranean, Middle East, Black Sea, Norway, Finland, South China Sea, and Russia all have in common? They’ve all been or continue…

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Volocopter conducts validation flight in Paris

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Yves Le Marquand

9 Aug 24

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Volocopter has begun crewed validation test flights at the Aerodrome of Saint-Cyr-l’École, just outside Versailles, France.  Conducted on August 8th, the flight marks the beginning…

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Are digitised, affordable ATC systems a possibility for all?

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Yves Le Marquand

8 Aug 24

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For decades air traffic control operations have largely relied upon paper flight strips and the sharp focus of controllers. These flight strips, small pieces of…

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Electra’s Goldfinch takes flight at NASA’s Langley Research Centre

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Yves Le Marquand

8 Aug 24

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Electra.aero has begun flying at NASA’s Langley Research Centre with its EL-2 Goldfinch hybrid-electric demonstrator, marking the first time a piloted electric aircraft has taken…

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‘It takes time to normalise, then all of a sudden it is hard to remember life without it.’

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Yves Le Marquand

1 Aug 24

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Crisalion Mobility’s Manuel Heredia on the firm’s vision for the eVTOL industry and the red flags it faces on its journey to commercialisation. In the…

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AAMbulance: ERC’s plans for medical eVTOLs

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Yves Le Marquand

31 Jul 24

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In aircraft engineer circles the ‘What came first, the chicken or the egg?’ conundrum is more commonly referred to as ‘What came first, the aircraft or the…

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FAA authorises Zipline and Wing for BVLOS operations in Dallas

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Yves Le Marquand

30 Jul 24

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 The FAA has authorised Zipline and Wing to operate commercial drone flights without visual observers in the same Dallas-area airspace, in a first for US…

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CAAC accepts EHang’s AOC application

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Yves Le Marquand

24 Jul 24

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The Chinese regulator has accepted EHang’s air operator certificate (AOC) application for its EH216-S aircraft. The application was submitted by Guangdong EHang General Aviation —…

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UK’s first permanent vertiport opens near Snowdonia

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Yves Le Marquand

16 Jul 24

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Now open for drone and eVTOL testing, the UK’s first permanent vertiport has been constructed at Snowdonia Aerospace Centre. Known as a permanent or temporary…

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BETA completes two new US Air Force deployments

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Yves Le Marquand

15 Jul 24

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BETA Technologies has completed deployments with two Major Commands of the US Air Force to evaluate potential military applications. These deployments with the Air Combat…

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French government gives go ahead on Seine vertiport construction

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Yves Le Marquand

10 Jul 24

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France’s Ministry of Transport has given authorisation for the construction of a floating landing pad on the River Seine in Paris for electric air taxi…

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The Revolution.Aero London report

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Yves Le Marquand

28 Jun 24

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June is statistically the sunniest month in the UK and last week it did not let us down for Revolution.Aero London 2024. But in many…

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Archer signs deal to begin electrification of Signature’s terminal network

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Yves Le Marquand

17 Jun 24

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Archer Aviation has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) focused on electrifying Signature Aviation’s private aviation terminals. Signature’s network, at over 200 terminals, is the…

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