Can electric aircraft fly meaningful distances with today’s technology?

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Yves Le Marquand

6 Feb 24

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People will give you different odds on future improvements to technology, especially when talking about batteries. But what if you didn’t have to gamble at…

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The gyroplane: A new/old workhorse of the skies?

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Yves Le Marquand

29 Jan 24

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On a visit to south east Asia you’d be hard pushed to not see a multitude of Honda Super Cub motorcycles so top heavy with…

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Alef hires supercar designer Santo Costa

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Yves Le Marquand

6 Dec 23

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Alef Aeronautics has hired Santo Costa, former designer for Lamborghini and Maserati to its team.  Costa joins Alef’s in-house designer Hirash Razaghi to collaborate on…

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How the US military is teaming up to get advanced aircraft flying

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Yves Le Marquand

11 Oct 23

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When the AFWERX Agility Prime programme was launched in 2020, it was focused on planting the stars and stripes atop the summit of Mount eVTOL…

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Nine UK startups revealed for AI accelerator programme

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Yves Le Marquand

4 Oct 23

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Digital Catapult reveals nine startups for new AI and machine learning (ML) accelerator programme. Working in collaboration with Innovate UK BridgeAI programme partners, the initiative…

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Conference report: Revolution.Aero San Francisco 2023 – Ascent update (on the hill)

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Yves Le Marquand

22 Sep 23

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If you were in San Francisco this month for Revolution.Aero it is likely you saw a few cars driving around with a curious array of…

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Pyka receives FAA approval for crop sprayer operations

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Yves Le Marquand

2 Aug 23

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Pyka has received approval from the FAA to commercially operate its highly-automated Pelican Spray aircraft for crop protection across the US.  With a gross weight…

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Aura Aero’s Integral S performs first fight

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Yves Le Marquand

28 Jul 23

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Aura Aero’s training aircraft, Integral S completed its first flight today at Toulouse-Francazal airport.  The aircraft, registered F-WIAS, took off at 10:20am French time operated…

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Pre-rocket age space race inspires high-altitude balloon tourism

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Yves Le Marquand

13 Jul 23

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Spanish space tourism startup, Zero 2 Infinity has drawn inspiration from a US/Soviet space race that began in 1927 for its balloon technology. Space tourism…

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Elfly Group reveals all-electric seaplane NoEmi

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Yves Le Marquand

15 Jun 23

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Norway’s Elfly Group has revealed the design of its all-electric commercial seaplane, NoEmi. An abbreviation of ‘No Emission’, the aircraft was unveiled via a full-scale…

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Moove launches AAM trip simulator

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Yves Le Marquand

22 May 23

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French startup Moove has launched a multimodal portal it plans to offer to AAM operators and airports as a SaaS (Software as a service). The…

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FLIMAX: Zero emissions ‘flightseeing’ and beyond

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Yves Le Marquand

19 May 23

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UK aerospace startup, FLIMAX is targetting zero emissions flight like many others, but its business model, focused initially on a sightseeing aircraft, varies from the…

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Aura Aero freezes design on 19-seat hybrid-electric aircraft

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Yves Le Marquand

16 May 23

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Aura Aero has frozen the design of its 19-seat hybrid-electric regional aircraft and will reveal a full-scale cabin mockup at the Paris Air Show in…

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Jekta signs MoU with Honeywell on aircraft systems

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Yves Le Marquand

9 May 23

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Jekta has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to integrate Honeywell’s systems onboard its amphibious aircraft. According to the Swiss OEM, the deal signifies the…

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VoltAero receives E-Flight award at AERO Friedrichshafen

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Yves Le Marquand

2 May 23

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French hybrid-electric aviation startup, VoltAero has received the E-Flight award at the AERO general aviation show in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The award comes in recognition of…

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