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Advanced Air Mobility Report, August 11, 2021

VOL. 1 NO. 10 August 11, 2021
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Technology Developments

Beta Technologies Alia simulator
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Flying Alia: Beta Sees eVTOL Certification Path Via Simplicity

Aug 09, 2021
Beta Technologies believes the most direct path to FAA certification of an electric aircraft is to keep the vehicle simple.
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Japan’s teTra Unveils Kit-built eVTOL

Aug 05, 2021
The Japanese startup that won the Pratt & Whitney Disruptor Award at the 2020 GoFly Prize event has unveiled its first product, a single-seat electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle it plans to offer as a kit-built experimental aircraft beginning in 2022.
Joby S4 air taxi prototype
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Joby Hits Range, Noise Targets On Road To Certification

Aug 06, 2021
Tests verify eVTOL’s low noise and long range on batteries—two fundamental goals for Joby’s concept.
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Ultrasonic Welding Could Speed Air Taxi Production

Aug 02, 2021
A technology being developed to rapidly join thermoplastic and thermoset composites to create optimized lightweight structures for cars and motorcycles is being adapted to aerospace with an eye to enabling high-rate, high-quality production of urban air mobility vehicles.
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Toray Prepreg Launch Targets eVTOL Ramp-Up

Aug 02, 2021
The leaders in advanced air mobility are planning rapid ramp-ups in production, from tens to thousands of air taxis annually within only a few years, to both enable and dominate the projected trillion-dollar global market for electric air taxis.
Bell
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AFWerx Challenge Showcases High-Speed VTOL Concepts

Aug 03, 2021
Few ideas in aerospace have been tried and have failed as often as high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing but, undeterred by the scores of past dead ends, the U.S. military is trying again.
HAMR
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Startup AAC Launches Hybrid Propulsion Drone

Aug 03, 2021
Under development for four years, Advanced Aircraft Company's multi-rotor HAMR can fly for up to 3.5 hr. or carry a maximum sensor payload of 6 lb. in its dual cargo bay.

Weekly Debrief

Vertical Aerospace VX-A4 eCTOL aircraft
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Weekly Debrief: Database Shows AAM Aircraft Orders On Rise

Aug 09, 2021
The Aviation Week Network has compiled aircraft orders for decades, but tracking the emerging and building order stream for advanced air mobility (AAM) airplanes is a different matter entirely.

Business

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Elroy Secures Funding Boost For Unmanned Cargo eVTOL

Aug 05, 2021
With analysts projecting that express logistics will be an early and potential large market for electric aircraft, U.S. autonomous cargo aircraft developer Elroy Air has completed a $40 million Series A funding round.
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Lithium-Sulfur Battery Pioneer Finds Buyer

Aug 02, 2021
With electric aircraft developers continuously seeking better batteries, the assets of a UK developer of high energy-density lithium-sulfur cells have been acquired by Johnson Matthey, a British multinational focused on sustainable technologies.
seven-seat eVTOL air taxi and airliner
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Lilium Partners With Azul To Expand eVTOL Into Brazil

Aug 06, 2021
German startup and Brazilian airline plan to establish a regional high-speed network starting in Sao Paulo.
DHL
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DHL Launches All-Electric Alice Cargo Version

Aug 03, 2021
Global logistics operator DHL Express has launched a cargo variant of Eviation’s Alice electric regional aircraft as part of pioneering plans to establish a sustainable electric express freight network from 2024 onwards.
Wingcopter
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Air Methods, Wingcopter Partner On Drone Delivery

Aug 05, 2021
Air medical helicopter operator Air Methods has announced a collaboration with German drone manufacturer Wingcopter to develop a drone delivery network for medical supplies.
Regent
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Is There A Future At Sea For Regional Aviation?

Aug 04, 2021
Startup Regent plans to have a piloted 12-passenger seaglider on the market by 2025 as a replacement for seaplanes and water taxis, followed by a 50-passenger vehicle that the company sees replacing not only ferries, but regional turboprops and jets.
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AeroTEC Joins UH2 To Convert Dash 8 To Hydrogen Propulsion

Aug 04, 2021
Aircraft modification specialist AeroTEC is to lead conversion, flight test and certification of the De Havilland Canada Dash 8 regional turboprop to hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion under a joint effort with Universal Hydrogen.

Infrastructure

KARI
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Korean Air Teams With Incheon Airport, KARI To Advance UAM

Aug 05, 2021
The partnership will support the government-led initiative to commercialize UAM in South Korea by 2025.

WhoWhere

Operations

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EHang eVTOLs In Chinese High-Rise Fire Drill

Aug 03, 2021
EHang has completed a high-rise fire rescue drill in China involving its unmanned firefighting EH216F and passenger-carry EH216 air vehicles as well as its Falcon B drone.