Ecojet Fleet to Include ARC’s Linx P9
- 31 Aug 2024 07:30 AM
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Ecojet signed a letter of intent with ARC Aerosystems to purchase 20 Linx P9 hybrid-electric compound helicopter, ARC Aerosystems announced on Aug. 1.
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Moya Goes Hybrid
- 31 Aug 2024 07:25 AM
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Brazilian eVTOL developer Moya Aero has begun developing a hybrid-electric version of its tandem-wing cargo drone.
SkyDrive Eyes Maiden Flight
- 31 Aug 2024 07:23 AM
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SkyDrive intends to conduct the maiden flight of its SD-05 eVTOL aircraft within months, according to a July 30 report in Vertical Magazine.
LYTE Selects H3 Dynamics for SkyBus
- 31 Aug 2024 07:20 AM
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LYTE Aviation selected H3 Dynamics to provide the hydrogenelectric fuel cell propulsion system for its SkyBus LA-44 eVTOL aircraft (shown), LYTE announced on July 25.
Honeywell to Support Odys UAS
- 31 Aug 2024 07:10 AM
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On July 24, Aerospace supplier Honeywell Aerospace Technologies announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Odys Aviation to collaborate on the design of a new ground control station (GCS) to support the rollout of Odys’s Laila hybrid-eVTOL uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) in Oman, as well as the potential for other countries in the Middle East and the Pacific.
Aerofugia Flies High, Secures Funding
- 31 Aug 2024 06:16 AM
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China eVTOL News (a Stubstack.com news feed) reported on July 1 that Chengdu, Sichuan, China-based Aerofugia had completed a Series B financing round of “hundreds of millions of yuan” (equal to tens of millions of US dollars), its third funding round to date.
AIR Unveils Cargo eVTOL Version
- 31 Aug 2024 06:04 AM
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On June 18, AIR VEV Ltd. unveiled a concept drawing (shown) of the AIR ONE Cargo, a logistics-focused version of its AIR ONE personal eVTOL aircraft.
Electric CTOL/STOL News, Sept/Oct 2024
- 31 Aug 2024 02:59 AM
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Here’s our roundup of recent news on battery-electric, hybrid-electric and hydrogen-electric conventional takeoff and landing (eCTOL) and electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft for advanced air mobility (AAM) applications.
Washington Report, Sept/Oct 2024
- 29 Aug 2024 01:41 PM
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This summer, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aircraft Certification Service’s Policy and Standards Division (AIR-600) released two documents for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Because the FAA changed course in May 2022 — turning away from its anticipated plan to certificate winged eVTOL aircraft as Part 23 airplanes with special conditions for vertical flight (see “FAA Changes Course on eVTOL Certification,” Vertiflite, July/Aug 2022) — the agency is working on creating the necessary regulations to certificate both winged and wingless eVTOL aircraft.
Highlights from AirVenture 2024
- 29 Aug 2024 11:15 AM
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Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) founder Paul Poberezny used to say about the AirVenture fly-in in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, “You come for the airplanes, but you stay for the people.”
