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Advanced Air Mobility Report, September 22, 2021

VOL. 1 NO. 16 September 22, 2021
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Regulatory

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Inside CECI: The FAA’s Front Door For Innovation

Sep 21, 2021
FAA’s Center for Emerging Concepts and Innovation addresses novel technologies in eVTOL, safety enhancements, electric propulsion, advanced flight controls and flight deck displays as well as advanced automation.

Weekly Debrief

Joby Aviation aircraft
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Cities Begin To Claim Bigger AAM Role

Sep 17, 2021
Aviation Week’s Advanced Air Mobility Report to date has covered the projects and companies that are staking ground in a market that they, themselves, are creating.

Infrastructure

Volocopter
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Volocopter Explores UAM Launch In LA

Sep 21, 2021
Los Angeles has already been identified as early launch market by urban air taxi developers Archer and Joby Aviation, and now Volocopter.
Air-One
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Hyundai, Urban-Air Port To Develop 65 Vertiports Worldwide

Sep 16, 2021
South Korean automaker Hyundai and UK startup Urban-Air Port plan to develop 65 urban vertiports at key locations worldwide.

Business

drone
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Aerospace Private Equity Specialist AEI Bulking Up UAV Business

Sep 15, 2021
U.S. private equity firm AE Industrial Partners is rolling up UAV-related businesses under the UAV Factory brand.
ng’s autonomous EH216 and a Heli-Eastern Bell 206
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China’s Heli-Eastern And EHang Partner On UAM

Sep 16, 2021
EHang has partnered with operator Heli-Eastern to develop a low-altitude airspace management system.
Skyworks’ eGyro
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Brazilian Car Rental Company Plans eVTOL Order

Sep 17, 2021
Universe of customers for eVTOL aircraft expands, with Europcar Brazil plans to order 50 eGyros from startup Skyworks Aeronautics.
Commaris’ Seeker
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Geely’s Terrafugia Launches Commaris UAV Brand

Sep 14, 2021
Terrafugia, owned by Chinese automaker Geely, has launched first product Commaris, and Seeker UAS for commercial inspection operations.
Dufour’s Aero3 eVTOL
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Swiss Air-Rescue To Help Dufour Develop EMS eVTOL

Sep 14, 2021
Rega–Swiss Air-Rescue is to cooperate with Dufour Aerospace on an air ambulance version of the startup’s planned Aero3 eVTOL aircraft.
Heart ES-19
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Changes in Regional Business Create Opening for AAM

Sep 16, 2021
The 50-seat regional jet was a game changer in the early part of the current century. But the good times couldn’t last for small RJs.
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SkyDrive Advances Ambition  For Osaka UAM Service

Sep 14, 2021
The Japanese startup has advanced its plans to operate an urban air taxi service during World Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai.

Investor Updates

CityHawk
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Urban Launches Fundraising For CityHawk eVTOL

Sep 15, 2021
Israel’s Urban Aeronautics has secured an initial $10 million of the at least $100 million it needs to raise through a Series A funding round to support development of the CityHawk vertical-takeoff air taxi.
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French eVTOL Startup Secures Funding Boost

Sep 16, 2021
French startup Ascendance Flight Technologies has closed a €10 million ($12 million) funding round.
drone
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KVS, Air Methods Team to Provide Part 135 BVLOS in U.S.

Sep 20, 2021
KVS Technologies has entered into agreement with Air Methods’ Spright, for one-stop linear inspection services for utility companies.
Archer
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Archer To List Publicly After SPAC Shareholder Vote

Sep 15, 2021
Shareholders in Atlas Crest Investment approved the blank-check company’s reverse merger with urban air mobility startup Archer Aviation in a Sept. 14 vote.

Technology Developments

U-space test fiel
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Hamburg Test Zone Trials Drone U-Space Services

Sep 16, 2021
Testing of U-space services designed to enable unmanned and manned aircraft to share low-altitude airspace have begun in Hamburg.

Operations

Anra
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Drone Delivery Projects Begin In India, Germany

Sep 14, 2021
Project participants have announced the start of pilot programs to deliver medical supplies by drone in India and Germany.
CAE
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Beta Technologies Selects CAE For eVTOL Training

Sep 15, 2021
Beta Technologies has selected Canada’s CAE to develop the pilot and maintenance training program for the Alia electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
SureFly eVTOL
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Agility Prime Deal Will Help Mature Moog’s SureFly

Sep 14, 2021
Moog is latest to strike deal with the U.S. Air Force Agility Prime program to explore eVTOL technology.