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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‘Batteries will open up new markets but there are bottlenecks’

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Yves Le Marquand

27 Mar 24

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There is value in putting batteries in aircraft and it isn’t all sustainability.  Electrification will open up new markets in short-haul that have never been…

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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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Will business aviation have a role in scaling electric flight?

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Yves Le Marquand

7 Mar 24

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Speak to anyone in business aviation and they will tell you the sector is an incubator for innovation. Advancements in aerospace technology such as winglets,…

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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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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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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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Why is Vertical’s CEO investing $50m?

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Yves Le Marquand

31 Jan 24

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Stephen Fitzpatrick, the founder and CEO of Vertical Aerospace made headlines with a $50m bet on recent flight test progress. But why did he invest?…

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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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Saving lives and money: The rise of automated crop-spraying

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Yves Le Marquand

26 Jan 24

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Flying is one of the safest things you can do, right? Well not when it comes to agriculture. In 2020, there were 54 accidents, including…

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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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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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Something to rely on: Reliable Robotics’ autopilot flies solo

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Yves Le Marquand

18 Dec 23

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  The famous Keane song “Somewhere Only We Know” features the lyric “I’m getting old, I need something to rely on”. Irrespective of age for…

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