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Advanced Air Mobility Report, August 18, 2021

VOL. 1 NO. 11 August 18, 2021
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Technology Developments

Embraer
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Embraer Flies Electric Propulsion Demonstrator

Aug 16, 2021
Embraer has begun flight testing an electric propulsion demonstrator as it targets the introduction of its first all-electric aircraft, the Eve urban air taxi, in 2026. 
Overair Butterfly eVTOL
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Overair Unveils Low-Noise Robust Design For Butterfly Tiltrotor eVTOL

Aug 12, 2021
Overair is emphasizing low noise and robust performance margins as it unveils the production configuration for its Butterfly quad-tiltrotor electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.
Turbulence
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Daily Memo: Automated Turbulence Reporting Seems Worth The Cost

Aug 13, 2021
The global airliner fleet can be tapped to carry a heavier turbulence-forecasting load, which would help reduce turbulence encounters.
truck
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ZeroAvia Ground Tests Fuel-Cell Power For 19-Seaters

Aug 10, 2021
The test brings ZeroAvia a step closer to first flight of a Dornier 228 testbed powered by the system before the end of the year.
SkyDrive eVTOL vehicle
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SkyDrive Works With JAXA On eVTOL Aerodynamic Research

Aug 11, 2021
Tokyo-based startup SkyDrive has begun cooperating with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on aerodynamic research to support development of its planned electric urban air vehicle.

Weekly Debrief

Archer eVTOL
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Archer Countersues Wisk As UAM Market Churns

Aug 13, 2021
It was a week of ups and downs for the urban air mobility (UAM) industry, illustrating the turbulence roiling the nascent market as companies jockey for leading positions.

Business

S4
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Public Listing Keeps Joby On Track For eVTOL Air Taxi Launch

Aug 11, 2021
Joby Aviation has begun trading on the New York Stock Exchange, a milestone on its 15-year journey to launch commercial aerial ridesharing services in the U.S. in 2024.
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Bell, Textron Shift To Deep AAM Concerns

Aug 09, 2021
Over the course of the last five years, the world of advanced air mobility has marched from seeming fiction into reality, with at least one of the original pioneers shifting off center stage into the wings to focus on core competencies.
Callen VBJ
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Foresight Group To Invest In Callen-Lenz R&D Consultancy

Aug 13, 2021
Infrastructure investment manager Foresight Group LPP will place £4.75 million ($6.6 million) in aviation research and development firm Callen-Lenz Associates Ltd.
Transcend Air Vy 400
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GE Turboshaft To Power Startup Transcend’s Vy 400 Tiltwing

Aug 10, 2021
General Electric has signed a memorandum of understanding to supply a customized variant of the CT7-8 turboshaft engine to power startup Transcend Air’s planned Vy 400 tiltwing vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
BlackFly
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Opener Readies BlackFly Personal eVTOL For Sale

Aug 13, 2021
Opener’s BlackFly might start its life as a toy for the affluent early adopter, as did the Ski-Doo and the Sea-Doo, but its designer believes the single-seat electric vertical-takeoff vehicle will ultimately find multiple practical uses.
Kenya Airways' Fahari drone
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Embraer’s Eve Teams With Kenya Airways On UAM

Aug 11, 2021
Africa has emerged as a proving ground for drone delivery, headlined by Zipline’s large-scale on-demand medical delivery networks in Rwanda, Ghana and now Nigeria. Now the continent is turning its attention to urban air mobility.

Regulatory

MagniX
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FAA Close To First Certification Rules For Electric Engines

Aug 10, 2021
The FAA is closing in on its first special condition for type certification of an electric propulsion system, and acknowledges that amending requirements developed over decades for piston and turbine engines is proving challenging.

Company Profile

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Company Profile: Overair, Inc.

Aug 17, 2021
Overair, Inc. joins the list of companies the Advanced Air Mobile Report includes in company profiles and vehicle specifications with its Butterfly tiltrotor.

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