Vertical provides details on prototype crash

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Yves Le Marquand

31 Aug 23

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Vertical Aerospace has revealed details about the sequence that preceded its prototype VX4 crash earlier this month. The novel aircraft encountered an unexpected fault during…

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Enova grants £6.4m to Elfly’s all-electric seaplane programme

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Yves Le Marquand

31 Aug 23

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Norwegian state enterprise, Enova has committed £6.4m to Elfly, a Norwegian firm building the country’s first battery-electric passenger seaplane.  The grant, which amounts to NOK87m,…

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Terra Drone acquires majority stake in uncrewed digital infrastructure firm Unifly

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Yves Le Marquand

30 Aug 23

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Terra Drone has acquired a 51% stake in uncrewed traffic management (UTM) provider, Unifly.  In 2016, when the drone market was still emerging, Terra Drone…

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FAA approvals ‘crucial step’ on road to commercial BVLOS operations

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Yves Le Marquand

27 Aug 23

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The FAA has issued its first ever approval for commercial beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations, in what has been described as a “crucial step” for the large…

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Bristow pilots BETA’s ALIA on qualitative evaluation flight

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Yves Le Marquand

23 Aug 23

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Bristow has flown BETA Technologies’ eighth qualitative evaluation flight as part of on site visit to BETA’s headquarters today.  The ALIA was piloted by Bryan…

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Ampaire completes ‘most northerly’ hybrid-electric aircraft deployment to date

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Yves Le Marquand

23 Aug 23

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Just over 3,400 miles later Ampaire’s aircraft has landed in Alaska, marking the most northerly deployment of a hybrid-electric aircraft ever. The series of flights…

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ZeroAvia and Masdar announce hydrogen production partnership

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Yves Le Marquand

23 Aug 23

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ZeroAvia has signed a partnership with UAE-based renewal energy producer, Masdar to explore hydrogen production and supply. The agreement will focus at first on North…

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EHang gets approval for uncrewed trial operations

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Yves Le Marquand

23 Aug 23

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EHang’s Unmanned Aircraft Cloud System (UACS) has been officially approved by the Chinese regulator for trial operations.  With the trials approved the Civil Aviation Administration…

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Reliable Robotics completes FAA congested airspace integration demo

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Yves Le Marquand

22 Aug 23

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Reliable Robotics has been demonstrating successful integration of remotely piloted aircraft systems into congested airspace for the FAA. The series of flight tests and simulations formed…

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Heart Aerospace joins Regional Airline Association

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Yves Le Marquand

22 Aug 23

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Heart Aerospace joins the trade body Regional Airline Association (RAA) with an eye on helping to shape battery-electric flight policy.  As the leading trade association…

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Industry sheds light on challenges still remaining for FAA in devising powered-lift rules

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Yves Le Marquand

18 Aug 23

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Back in June the FAA published its 160-page Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR), now the public comments are back in.  The SFAR is intended to create…

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Vaeridion and ASL Group sign deal to electrify business aviation

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Yves Le Marquand

17 Aug 23

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Vaeridion and ASL Group are targeting the electrification of business aviation flights with new agreement.  Vaeridion is a Munich based company aiming to certify and…

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Jet Zero awarded $235m by US Air Force

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Yves Le Marquand

17 Aug 23

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Jet Zero’s blended wing body (BWB) concept is getting a $235m vote of confidence from the US Air Force’s Defense Innovation Unit. Under the terms of the…

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Horizon Aircraft to list publicly via SPAC Pono Capital Three

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Yves Le Marquand

16 Aug 23

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Canadian VTOL manufacturer, Horizon Aircraft is to list publicly on Nasdaq via Hawaiian special purpose acquisition company, Pono Capital Three.  Pono announced a definitive business…

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Mayman hires ex Virgin Orbit chief engineer Manu Sharma

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Yves Le Marquand

16 Aug 23

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Mayman Aeroapce has appointed Dr Manu Sharma as chief engineer. Sharma arrives from Virgin Orbit where he served as chief engineer of flight sciences. As…

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