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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Whisper Aero reveals 100-seat commercial aircraft concept

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Yves Le Marquand

6 Mar 24

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Whisper Aero has unveiled a 100-seater commercial aircraft concept it calls Whisper Jetliner at the Ohio Air Mobility Symposium. The concept uses larger versions of…

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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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EASA accepts H55 battery pack compliance check list

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Yves Le Marquand

23 Feb 24

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EASA has accepted H55’s battery pack compliance check list (CCL), an “important milestone” that allows H55 to finalise completion of its test programme. A successful…

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Universal Hydrogen demos AmpCart H2 product 

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Yves Le Marquand

22 Feb 24

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A first operational demo of Universal Hydrogen’s feeding infrastructure product has gone to plan, the firm reports. The AmpCart H2 is designed to be a…

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Beacon AI awarded Phase 2 OTA by US Special Ops Command

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Yves Le Marquand

22 Feb 24

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Beacon AI has received a Phase 2 prototype Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement from US Special Operations Command to help improve aircraft routing and safety.…

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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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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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Unmanned aircraft are keeping gas pipelines safe in Australia

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Yves Le Marquand

19 Jan 24

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Helicopters can require up to four hours of maintenance for every flight hour, but for a long time the best way to inspect a pipeline…

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Skyports Drone Services and Makutu launch water quality trial with Northumbrian Water

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Yves Le Marquand

15 Jan 24

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Maiden test flights inspecting water quality for Northumbrian Water have been conducted by Skyports Drone Services and Makutu. Launched as a pilot study to help…

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Leading Lytes: Kookiejar and Lyte Aviation to explore launch of cargo delivery service

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Yves Le Marquand

19 Dec 23

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Lyte Aviation is partnering with Swedish drone and vertiport infrastructure specialist Kookiejar to explore development of a heavy payload cargo delivery service. Initially targeting regions…

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Quant(um)ifying air mobility solutions

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Yves Le Marquand

11 Dec 23

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Airbus and BMW have launched a joint quantum computing competition asking the community to solve their most pressing mobility challenges.  Both firms ran similar competitions…

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Maeve switches focus to 80-seater aircraft

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Yves Le Marquand

11 Dec 23

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Maeve Aerospace is now developing an 80-seat hybrid-electric aircraft, switching focus from the previously announced 44-seat Maeve 01.  Given the name M80, the aircraft will…

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