Leidos and Elroy Air approved to fly autonomous resupply demos for US Navy

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Yves Le Marquand

14 May 24

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Elroy Air and Leidos have been approved to demonstrate an autonomous resupply drone prototype for an office of the US Naval Air Systems Command.  The…

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Joby completes pre-production flight testing, focus moves to for-credit tests

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Yves Le Marquand

3 May 24

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Joby Aviation has completed its pre-production flight test programme and is now moving on to the next phase of flight tests. The Californian OEM will…

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Manufacturing defect caused blade release in Vertical prototype crash, says AAIB

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Yves Le Marquand

3 May 24

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The Vertical Aerospace prototype which was written off in August, 2023 crashed due to an adhesive bond failure in a propeller blade. The Aircraft Accidents…

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BETA flies piloted transition test in VTOL prototype

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Yves Le Marquand

23 Apr 24

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  BETA Technologies has successfully a flown piloted transition test in the VTOL version of its Alia aircraft.  The tests were completed earlier this month…

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Boom Supersonic XB-1 takes to the skies

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Yves Le Marquand

25 Mar 24

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  Just over 20 years since Concorde’s last flight, a civil supersonic aircraft is flying again in the shape of Boom’s XB-1.  The prototype took…

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Airbus presents eVTOL prototype to public

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Yves Le Marquand

8 Mar 24

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The rollout of Airbus’ eVTOL is an “important and very real step” towards AAM, according to Balkiz Sarihan, the firm’s head of Urban Air Mobility.…

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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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Reliable’s autopilot flies first solo mission

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Yves Le Marquand

8 Dec 23

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  Reliable Robotics’ autonomous flight system has flown solo for the first time. Last month, Reliable’s Cessna 208B Caravan flew with no one onboard supervised…

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Moya Aero conducts successful maiden flight

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Yves Le Marquand

5 Dec 23

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Moya Aero has flown a first ever flight with its aircraft, making it the largest Brazilian-made eVTOL to achieve the feat. The maiden flight marks…

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Vertical adds ‘exceptional’ expertise to flight test team

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Yves Le Marquand

27 Nov 23

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Vertical Aerospace has added two new pilots to its flight test team ahead of a crewed campaign beginning next year.  Paul Edwards has flown, evaluated…

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Joby begins piloted eVTOL flying

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Yves Le Marquand

4 Oct 23

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Joby reports flight testing of its eVTOL aircraft with pilots onboard has begun. So far, four of Joby’s flight test team have now piloted flights…

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Skyports Drone Services and Pyka in Royal Navy heavy lift challenge

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Yves Le Marquand

4 Oct 23

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Skyports Drone Services has just taken part in phase two of the Royal Navy Uncrewed Aerial Systems Heavy Lift Challenge (UASHLC) with Pyka’s Pelican Cargo…

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Universal Hydrogen flight test campaign kicks off

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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…

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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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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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