Wingcopter and ZAL to explore green hydrogen propulsion for drones

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Yves Le Marquand

16 Mar 23

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Wingcopter and Hamburg-based ZAL Center of Applied Aeronautical Research are to jointly explore green hydrogen to power Wingcopter’s drones. Already purely electric, by refitting the…

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AutoFlight and EvFly announce 205 aircraft order

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Alasdair Whyte

16 Mar 23

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AutoFlight has announced a 205 aircraft order with mobility start-up EVFLY. The order covers both Prosperity I passenger and Prosperity Cargo Aircraft. EVFLY says it…

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Volocopter and SITA partner on vertiport development

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Yves Le Marquand

14 Mar 23

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Volocopter and air transport industry IT provider, SITA have entered a partnership, with SITA selected as Volocopter’s digital and IT systems partner for vertiports.  Under…

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BETA Technologies unveils certification plans for eCTOL aircraft

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Yves Le Marquand

14 Mar 23

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BETA Technologies has revealed plans to certify an eCTOL model of its all-electric aircraft, known as the CX300. The aircraft is the company’s second all-electric…

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BETA Technologies opening Montréal facility

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Yves Le Marquand

13 Mar 23

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BETA Technologies is opening an engineering hub in Montréal, Canada to focus on structural engineering and materials processing. The firm opens its new location with…

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PteroDynamics raises $7.5m in latest seed round

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Yves Le Marquand

13 Mar 23

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PteroDynamics has completed a $7.5m seed round led by Kairos Ventures, Lavrock Ventures and CS Venture Opportunities Fund. The funds raised will help PteroDynamics develop…

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Google company Wing reveals plans for drone delivery network

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Yves Le Marquand

10 Mar 23

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Wing, a subsidiary of Alphabet which owns Google, has unveiled plans for a drone delivery network. According to the firm, the economics of drone delivery…

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Lufthansa Aviation Training to be launch customer for Diamond’s all-electric eDA40

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Yves Le Marquand

10 Mar 23

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Diamond Aircraft Austria and Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to jointly explore more sustainable flight training.  The cooperation includes…

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Archer: ‘Aggressive roadmap’ led to ‘significant milestones’ in 2022

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Yves Le Marquand

10 Mar 23

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Archer’s roadmap for 2022 has led to the achievement of number of “significant milestones” over the past year, according to Adam Goldstein. GAAP total operating…

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Sikorsky and GE to jointly develop hybrid-electric VTOL demonstrator

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Yves Le Marquand

9 Mar 23

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Sikorsky and GE Aerospace are producing a fully-autonomous hybrid-electric demonstrator (HEX) VTOL.  With a maximum gross weight of more than 7,000lbs (3,175kg), the uncrewed aircraft…

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ZeroAvia demonstrates ‘record’ HTPEM system testing

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Yves Le Marquand

9 Mar 23

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ZeroAvia has reported achieving record-breaking performance in testing of its High Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane (HTPEM) systems.  Early testing of the pressurised 20kW HTPEM stack…

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H55 receives support from Canadian Economic Development for Quebec Regions

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Yves Le Marquand

8 Mar 23

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H55 has received support from Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED) to fast track global expansion.   The Swiss-based company has reported increasing demand…

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Archer begins construction on Covington manufacturing facility

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Yves Le Marquand

8 Mar 23

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Archer Aviation has begun construction on its Georgia-based manufacturing facility, closing the local incentive transaction. The planned approximately 350,000sqft facility, located adjacent to the Covington…

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PHI Aviation to buy 50 units of Kaman’s commercial ‘Kargo’ drone

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Yves Le Marquand

8 Mar 23

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PHI Aviation has inked a deal with Kaman Aerospace Corporation to purchase 50 of Kaman’s Kargo UAVTM unmanned aerial system. The agreement, announced at the…

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Forming a strategy to venture

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Yves Le Marquand

8 Mar 23

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“If a far-sighted capitalist had been present at Kitty Hawk, he would have done his successors a huge favour by shooting Orville down,” said Warren Buffet, chairman…

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