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Alef hires supercar designer Santo Costa

Yves Le Marquand

6 Dec 23

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Alef Aeronautics has hired Santo Costa, former designer for Lamborghini and Maserati to its team. Costa joins Alef’s in-house designer Hirash Razaghi to collaborate on…

Jump Aero

Marin Sonoma Impact Ventures invests in Jump Aero

Yves Le Marquand

5 Dec 23

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Jump Aero has received an undisclosed investment from the North Bay’s first regional venture capital fund, Marin Sonoma Impact Ventures. Launched in 2021, the fund…

Aibot

Aibot awarded $15m by California Competes programme

Yves Le Marquand

22 Nov 23

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Aibot has been awarded a $15m grant from the California Competes Grant Program. The California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), which gives…

Elroy flies hybrid-electric VTOL in ‘world first’

Yves Le Marquand

20 Nov 23

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Elroy Air’s turbogenerator-hybrid electric VTOL aircraft has completed a maiden flight in a “world first” for the aircraft type. The aircraft, known as the…

Ampaire

First flight into Silicon Valley shows Ampaire is ‘company of action’

Yves Le Marquand

17 Nov 23

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The first ever hybrid-electric flight conducted in Silicon Valley exemplifies what Ampaire is all about says CEO Kevin Noertker. Alongside a test pilot, Noertker flew…

Skyryse

Skyryse reports first automated helicopter autorotation landing

Yves Le Marquand

13 Nov 23

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Skyryse says it has completed the “world’s first” fully automated helicopter autorotation emergency landing in an outfitted R22. The procedure is one of dozens of…

BETA

Setting standards: BETA and Archer agree ‘industry-first’ charger deal

Yves Le Marquand

7 Nov 23

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BETA Technologies has agreed an industry-first deal to supply its electric aircraft chargers to Archer. Archer will use two of BETA’s Charge Cubes at its…

Universal Hydrogen flight test campaign kicks off

Yves Le Marquand

27 Sep 23

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Universal Hydrogen began its flight test campaign for its regional powertrain this week. It also notched up its 250th order. The first flight of the…

ASKA successfully flies first tethered tests

Yves Le Marquand

9 Aug 23

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ASKA has completed its first tethered airborne tests with its full-scale A5 flying car prototype. Lifting from a California airfield with hovered thrust, developers hope…

Supernal opens US engineering HQ in Irvine

Yves Le Marquand

27 Jul 23

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Supernal has opened its engineering headquarters in Irvine, California. It is one of three permanent facilities Hyundai Motor Group’s AAM company is opening this year,…

Alef’s flying car receives FAA special airworthiness certification

Yves Le Marquand

27 Jun 23

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Alef Aeronautics has become the first road legal electric car to be certified by the FAA – through a special airworthiness certificate. The firm unveiled…

Elroy Air demonstrates autonomous cargo-handling of Chaparral aircraft

Yves Le Marquand

26 May 23

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Elroy Air has demonstrated the autonomous ground navigation and cargo-handling capabilities of its Chaparral VTOL for the US Air Force. The demonstration, which formed part…

Joby receives third extension of Agility Prime contract

Yves Le Marquand

27 Apr 23

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Joby Aviation has received a third extension of its Agility Prime contract with the US Air Force worth $55m. The announcement comes days after four…

Joby Aviation performs better than forecasted in Q4

Yves Le Marquand

27 Feb 23

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Joby’s loss in the fourth quarter (Q4) 2022 came in lower than forecasted as expenses were offset by contract-based revenues from the US Department of…

Regional air mobility could save Santa Monica Airport and many like it

Yves Le Marquand

16 Feb 23

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The scaling of the regional air mobility sector could halt the closure of airports like Santa Monica by 2028, according to Kevin Antcliff. The Xwing…

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