AIBOT selects Amprius as battery partner

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Yves Le Marquand

9 Apr 24

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Lithium-ion battery pioneer Amprius has come on board with eVTOL developer AIBOT as its battery partner.  Amprius’ batteries, built using a silicon anode platform, will…

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Italian vertiport testing bird strike monitoring system

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Yves Le Marquand

8 Apr 24

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UrbanV’s test vertiport on the outskirts of Rome is testing an AI-powered bird concentration monitoring system designed by The Edge Company. The system, which is…

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Eve Air Mobility launches traffic, network software Vector

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Fayaz Hussain

20 Mar 24

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Eve Air Mobility launched its urban air traffic management (UATM) software Vector at the Airspace World in Geneva to address the air traffic and network…

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LCI and Airbus to jointly develop AAM ecosystems

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Yves Le Marquand

28 Feb 24

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LCI and Airbus have agreed a deal to jointly develop ecosystems for advanced air mobility (AAM). Three core areas of AAM will be addressed through…

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Eve and Yugo sign deal to explore UAM potential in Southeast Asia

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Yves Le Marquand

20 Feb 24

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Eve and Singapore-based aviation company Yugo Global have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore the potential for urban eVTOL operations in Southeast Asia.…

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Reducing air traffic control workload key to near-airport air taxi operations says NASA

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Yves Le Marquand

16 Jan 24

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Managing and reducing the workload of air traffic control (ATC) will be key to commercial air taxi operations in and around airports, according to NASA. …

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Supernal unveils eVTOL concept at CES 2024

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Yves Le Marquand

10 Jan 24

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Four years since revealing a ‘vision concept’ at CES 2020, Supernal has unveiled its first eVTOL vehicle concept – S-A2 – at this year’s edition…

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Volocopter’s 2X begins test flying in Japan

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Yves Le Marquand

13 Dec 23

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Volocopter is fresh off its first multi-day flight test campaign with a crewed eVTOL aircraft above the Japanese cities of Osaka and Amagasaki.  The testing…

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Eve and Flexjet conduct real-time software trial

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Yves Le Marquand

30 Nov 23

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Eve and Flexjet have conducted a real-time software trial to test the feasibility of UAM operations. The simulation took place over four days in November at Flexjet’s Tactical…

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Paris city councillors oppose air taxi service plans

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Yves Le Marquand

17 Nov 23

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Plans to integrate air tax services into a public transport system for the first time have been unanimously opposed by Paris city councillors.  Aéroports de…

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Volocopter and Joby take to skies above New York

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Yves Le Marquand

13 Nov 23

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Volocopter and Joby have taken part in the world’s first public showcase of multiple eVTOL aircraft today and yesterday in New York. Joby and Volocopter…

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AFWERX, NASA and FAA sign info-sharing ‘MoU of MoUs’

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Yves Le Marquand

31 Oct 23

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AFWERX Prime, the FAA and NASA have agreed to share flight-test data to accelerate the safe integration of AAM aircraft into the national airspace system…

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Case brought against Archer voluntarily dismissed

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Yves Le Marquand

25 Oct 23

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Archer says a plaintiff in a federal securities case filed against the firm has voluntarily dismissed the action. Reacting to the dismissal, Andy Missan, Archer’s…

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North Carolina breaks ground on BETA-designed aircraft chargers

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Yves Le Marquand

23 Oct 23

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North Carolina book ground last week on the first electric aircraft chargers in the state. The multimodal chargers, designed by BETA, support the charging of…

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Nidec and Embraer get electric propulsion joint venture approval

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Yves Le Marquand

6 Oct 23

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Nidec Corporation and Embraer have got unconditional approval from regulators to launch their joint venture, Nidec Aerospace.  The idea behind the new company is to…

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