Better Futures: Helping small enterprises to adopt AI

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Yves Le Marquand

10 Jul 24

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What percentage of manufacturing companies do you think have adopted artificial intelligence (AI) in some way to drive business value? According to the US Census…

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Universal Hydrogen liquidates after running out of cash

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Yves Le Marquand

2 Jul 24

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One of the leading horses in the race to pioneer hydrogen powered flight, Universal Hydrogen has shut its doors after failing to secure further funding…

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The AirCraft Company unveils last member of Pangea aircraft family SY50J

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Yves Le Marquand

17 Jun 24

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Kansas-based regional aviation startup The AirCraft Company has revealed the last member of its Pangea family of aircraft, the SY50J (pictured below).  With a baseline…

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Bringing the outdoors inside: Airbus Ventures’ latest investment merges automotive with aviation

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Yves Le Marquand

19 Apr 24

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If you had to guess where a state-of-the-art lightweight composite material for aerospace originated, it probably wouldn’t be in the backcountry ski sector.  But that…

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Blood, sweat and tiers: What is the role of the supplier in scaling AAM?

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Yves Le Marquand

12 Apr 24

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There are many claims, some realistic others less so, about which AAM use cases will come first. Add to that regulatory, capital and infrastructure challenges…

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Xplorate makes appointment to new chief operating officer role

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Yves Le Marquand

3 Apr 24

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Xplorate is welcoming Ivana Velickovska to the newly created role of chief operating officer.  In her new position, Velickovska (pictured inset) will lead and scale…

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LYTE Aviation partners with Lange Aviation and Cranfield University

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Yves Le Marquand

27 Mar 24

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LYTE Aviation sets its sights on prototype building, forging new partnerships with Lange Aviation and Cranfield University. Although details surrounding construction timeline and initial test…

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Moonware closes $7m seed round

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Yves Le Marquand

25 Mar 24

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AI powered ground traffic control platform Moonware has just closed a seed round worth $7m. The new funding, co-led by Third Prime and Zero Infinity…

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Boom Supersonic XB-1 takes to the skies

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Yves Le Marquand

25 Mar 24

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  Just over 20 years since Concorde’s last flight, a civil supersonic aircraft is flying again in the shape of Boom’s XB-1.  The prototype took…

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Turning runways into water: The case for amphibious aviation in Venice

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Yves Le Marquand

22 Mar 24

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In Venice with a journey to make? At least some of it will be on a boat. Construction work requires a crane, that’s on a…

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Magpie Aviation open sources electric cargo aircraft white paper

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Yves Le Marquand

11 Mar 24

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In the spirit of it taking a village to build an aircraft, Magpie Aviation is open sourcing an electric cargo airplane design it just developed…

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Floating cranes: SkyLifter’s plans for the construction industry

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Yves Le Marquand

1 Mar 24

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Airships and balloons were around long before anyone saw a plane flying. The French Army flew an airship named La France in 1884, and the…

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Can blended wing bodies solve commercial’s innovation problem?

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Yves Le Marquand

26 Feb 24

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As of October 5th, 2023, the design of the Boeing 737 is closer to the first flight of Wright brothers’ Kitty Hawk than it is…

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Co-creation: A disruptive approach for disruptive tech?

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Yves Le Marquand

19 Feb 24

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Successful implementation of disruptive technologies like a 40-seat eVTOL aircraft requires a new approach to company structure and workflow, according to Freshta Farzam. The CEO…

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Solutions over products: What do aerospace investors care about this year?

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Yves Le Marquand

19 Feb 24

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What do investors and teenagers have in common? They go through phases. The difference is an investor is moved by the market, who knows what…

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