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Dufour Aerospace on Aug. 26 announced the first hover flight of its production tiltwing VTOL drone, showcasing the advanced flight controls of its production model, the Aero2 (shown).
Aska, on Aug. 15, disclosed its ongoing tethered uncrewed flight tests with its full-scale A5 “roadable hybrid-electric VTOL” prototype (N901NF) at “a private airfield located in California.”
On Aug. 12, Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation showcased an outdoor display of its S-76 cargo drone prototype, built by the Sukhoi Design Bureau, at Russia’s Army International Military-Technical Forum in Moscow.
Japan-based SkyDrive announced on June 17 that the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had begun its process for type certification for its three-seat SD-05 eVTOL (shown) and will coordinate with Japan’s Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) to certificate the aircraft in both nations.
In May, Forbes.com reported that Overair had run low on capital and had lost a majority of its employees.
After the Farnborough International Airshow (see “Farnborough Airshow 2024: Smarter Aviation,” Vertiflite, Sept/Oct 2024), Melbourne, Australia-based Skyportz announced that it had received three orders for its “vertipad” design totaling more than 1,000 orders.
On Aug. 7, the US Air Force awarded Wright Electric a contract to develop high-power output rechargeable batteries.
AutoFlight announced on Aug. 6 that it had secured a strategic investment from Chinese EV battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL).
On Aug. 4, China eVTOL News posted that electric-vehicle (EV) giant XPeng had raised $150M in a Series B1 funding round for its AeroHT subsidiary, and had launched a Series B2 round.
On Aug. 1, Austin, Texas-based LIFT Aircraft revealed that it developed a second generation of its HEXA ultralight eVTOL aircraft.
