Vertical Aerospace announces $50m funding from Mudrick Capital

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Yves Le Marquand

25 Nov 24

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Vertical Aerospace has announced $50m in new funding as part of a transaction worth $180m with Mudrick Capital. The signing of a non-binding term sheet…

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Vertical losses rise to $17.1m in first half of 2024

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Fayaz Hussain

20 Sep 24

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Vertical Aerospace announced financial results for the first half of 2024 wherein it reported a net loss of $17.1m, up 45% year-over-year from $11.7m in…

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H3 Dynamics and Qdot Technology working on long-range zero-emissions cargo UAV

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Yves Le Marquand

18 Sep 24

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Qdot, a spin-off from Oxford University’s Thermofluids Institute, and French hydrogen specialist, H3 Dynamics are developing a long-range, zero emissions cargo UAV. The aircraft will…

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Scottish National Investment Bank invests £20m in ZeroAvia

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Yves Le Marquand

16 Sep 24

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ZeroAvia has received an extra £20m ($26m) from Scottish National Investment Bank to bring its Series C financing to a total of £114m ($150m).  This is…

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Vertical completes phase one of piloted testing

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Yves Le Marquand

12 Sep 24

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Vertical Aerospace’s VX4 prototype has completed the first phase of its piloted flight test programme.   Test pilots conducted multiple tethered flights and ground runs, across…

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EasyJet partners with blended-wing startup JetZero

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Yves Le Marquand

5 Sep 24

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EasyJet has partnered with JetZero to provide assistance in developing hydrogen propulsion systems for the US startup’s blended-wing body aircraft.  The airline will also join…

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Loganair to integrate Heart Aerospace aircraft into network

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Yves Le Marquand

4 Sep 24

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UK-based regional airline Loganair has partnered with Heart Aerospace to find use cases for the Swedish developer’s aircraft in the carrier’s route network.  Loganair, headquartered…

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Are digitised, affordable ATC systems a possibility for all?

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Yves Le Marquand

8 Aug 24

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For decades air traffic control operations have largely relied upon paper flight strips and the sharp focus of controllers. These flight strips, small pieces of…

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ARC Aerosystems and Ecojet agree deal for up to 50 aircraft

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Yves Le Marquand

30 Jul 24

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ARC Aerosystems has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with startup airline Ecojet to purchase 20 Linx P9 aircraft, with options for an additional 30.…

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KLM and ZeroAvia plan liquid hydrogen demonstration flight

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Yves Le Marquand

25 Jul 24

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ZeroAvia and Dutch flag carrier KLM  are working together to fly a liquid hydrogen demonstration flight using ZeroAvia’s ZA2000 engines. As a first milestone, the…

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FIA: Jekta and ZeroAvia to demonstrate fuel cell-powered flying boat

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Yves Le Marquand

22 Jul 24

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Jekta has selected ZeroAvia’s fuel cell technology to demonstrate the concept of a hydrogen-powered variant of its electric amphibious flying boat design. The firms also plan…

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Vertical unveils latest eVTOL prototype

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Yves Le Marquand

18 Jul 24

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Vertical Aerospace has unveiled the latest iteration of its full-scale VX4 prototype aircraft. The new prototype offers a 20% increase in the power to weight…

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UK’s first permanent vertiport opens near Snowdonia

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Yves Le Marquand

16 Jul 24

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Now open for drone and eVTOL testing, the UK’s first permanent vertiport has been constructed at Snowdonia Aerospace Centre. Known as a permanent or temporary…

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Vertical Aerospace given more control by UK regulator

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Yves Le Marquand

12 Jul 24

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This week Vertical Aerospace was granted more control over conducting tasks related to its type certification programme when the UK regulator expanded the scope of…

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UK regulator expands Vertical’s design organisation approval

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Yves Le Marquand

10 Jul 24

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The scope of Vertical Aerospace’s design organisation approval (DOA) has been expanded by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).  The scope extension enables Vertical’s engineers…

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