Verticals partners with Monolith to accelerate testing

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Yves Le Marquand

7 Jan 25

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Vertical Aerospace has began working with artificial intelligence (AI) software provider Monolith to increase its eVTOL testing and simulation programme efficiency. Flight and ground tests…

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Heart Aerospace unveils full-scale demonstrator aircraft

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Yves Le Marquand

12 Sep 24

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Heart Aerospace has unveiled its first full-scale demonstrator prototype of its ES30 hybrid-electric regional aircraft.  Built almost entirely in-house at Heart’s Gothenburg facilities, the 32m…

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Lilium reports successful first propulsion unit tests

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Yves Le Marquand

26 Jun 24

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Lilium has completed the first series of tests of its electric jet propulsion unit.  Testing of the propulsion unit, comprising two engines within a propulsion…

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Piasecki awarded contract for H2 fuel cell powered rotorcraft evaluation

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Yves Le Marquand

14 May 24

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Piasecki Aircraft Corporation has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by the US Department of Energy (DoE). The contract will see Piasecki carry…

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Universal Hydrogen runs ‘largest ever’ fuel cell powertrain on liquid H2

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Yves Le Marquand

29 Feb 24

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  Universal Hydrogen has successfully run what it says is the “largest ever” fuel cell powertrain on liquid hydrogen.  The firm powered the megawatt-class fuel…

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Merlin opens New Zealand operations centre

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Yves Le Marquand

25 May 23

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Autonomous flight developer Merlin has opened its centre for operations based in Kerikeri, New Zealand.  The operating means Merlin now has a dedicated test environment…

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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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Joby begins propellor testing at NASA’s Ames wind tunnel

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Yves Le Marquand

20 Feb 23

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Joby Aviation has begun testing its propellors at the world’s largest wind tunnel facility at NASA’s Ames Research Centre. The National Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex (NFAC),…

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