
DOE Selects CDI for Hydrogen Project
- 04 Nov 2023 12:03 AM
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Continuum Dynamics, Inc. announced in September that the US Department of Energy (DOE) had selected it to work on a hydrogen fuel cell project.
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Continuum Dynamics, Inc. announced in September that the US Department of Energy (DOE) had selected it to work on a hydrogen fuel cell project.
GEOSAT Aerospace & Technology, a Taiwanese drone manufacturer, has partnered with the UK’s FlyBy Technology to produce a version of the Jackal, an armed electric VTOL drone, in Taiwan.
On Sept. 13, Safran Electrical & Power announced it had partnered with Cuberg to jointly develop an energy storage system for fully electric and hybrid-electric aircraft.
On Sept. 7, Jump Aero revealed the JA1 Pulse, an eVTOL aircraft it is developing for the emergency services mission.
On Sept. 6, SkyDrive announced that it had partnered with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to study the noise impacts of eVTOL aircraft.
In September, Dufour Aerospace partnered with multiple companies to develop various aspects of the Aero2, its uncrewed tilt-wing eVTOL.
In late August, China’s Zero Gravity Aircraft Industry announced that it raised ¥100M ($14M) in a funding round involving BlueRun Ventures and other investors.
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Battery performance and associated aircraft range capability remains a major area of focus for the nascent electric aircraft industry. The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) recognized the need for civil aviation authorities to assess battery performance for electric aircraft in a recently published white paper, “Managing Range and Endurance of Battery-Electric Aircraft.”
On Aug. 15, TCab Tech revealed that it had begun testing a skeleton prototype of its E20 eVTOL aircraft.