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Advanced Air Mobility Report, October 20, 2021

VOL. 1 NO. 20 October 20, 2021
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Business

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Honda Breaks Into Top 20 Of AAM Reality Index

Oct 18, 2021
Honda made the top 20 list of advanced air mobility vehicle manufacturers in the latest AAM Reality Index rankings, sliding into the 13th position based on plans to build out a mobility ecosystem centered on electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles. 
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Rothblatt, Dickson Make Splash at NBAA

Oct 18, 2021
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has bestowed its Meritorious Service to Aviation award to Martine Rothblatt, a pilot and technology entrepreneur who co-founded the company that became SiriusXM radio, then founded biotechnology company United Therapeutics to develop a cure for pulmonary arterial hypertension after her daughter was diagnosed with the condition.
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AutoFlight Unveils Chinese eVTOL Air Taxi

Oct 13, 2021
China’s AutoFlight debuted its planned V1500M electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi at Airshow China 2021 in Zhuhai at the end of September.
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UK Business Aviation Challenges Will Impact AAM Entry

Oct 15, 2021
The British Business General Aviation Association (BBGA) says business aviation demand has already surpassed prepandemic levels in parts of the UK, but challenges remain, ranging from lingering Brexit-related issues to tackling sustainability.
eDA40
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Diamond Launches Electric Training Aircraft

Oct 13, 2021
The first announced application for EP Systems’ EPiC lithium-ion battery module, the eDA40 is designed for use as an electric circuit trainer.

Weekly Debrief

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Weekly Debrief: AAM’s Impact On Business Aviation?

Oct 18, 2021
Developments in electric vertical takeoff and landing and hybrid-powered aircraft continue to gain momentum, and the assertion is that there will be an impact on business aviation. But what is this projected impact going to be? 

Investor Updates

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UH2 Raises Funds For Fuel-Cell Flight Testing

Oct 15, 2021
Universal Hydrogen has raised an additional $62 million in funding to take the startup through initial flight testing of its hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion conversion for regional turboprops. 
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Reliable Raises Funds To Advance Autonomous Cargo Aircraft

Oct 14, 2021
Reliable Robotics has raised an additional $100 million in funding to continue development of its remotely operated aircraft system for cargo and passenger aircraft.

Operations

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Volocopter Demonstrates Delivery, Announces Mobile Platform Effort

Oct 18, 2021
Volocopter and logistics company DB Schenker conducted the first public demonstration of the VoloDrone heavy-lift unmanned cargo aircraft at the ITS World Congress in Hamburg on Oct. 12, and followed up by announcing plans for a mobile takeoff and landing platform for the cargo aircraft.
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MAI, UAP Partner To Provide AAM Ground Infrastructure

Oct 20, 2021
Munich Airport International (MAI) and Urban-Air Port will partner to develop electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing infrastructure and operations based on UAP’s infrastructure technology and solutions.
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Rolls-Royce Eyes AAM Aftermarket

Oct 20, 2021
The head of strategy for Rolls-Royce Electrical says as electric aviation develops, so too must the aftermarket services for this new category of aircraft.

Technology Developments

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CycloTech Flies Cyclorotor Technology Demonstrator

Oct 11, 2021
Austrian startup CycloTech has begun tethered flight tests of a demonstrator equipped with its cycloidal rotor technology for vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
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Plug Power Teams With Airflow, Airbus On Hydrogen

Oct 13, 2021
Fuel-cell developer and green-hydrogen producer Plug Power has announced partnerships with both Airbus and startup Airflow to bring zero-emission hydrogen propulsion to aviation.

Infrastructure

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ABB Will Develop MegaWatt Fast-Charging System

Oct 21, 2021
ABB’s E-mobility unit will develop, test and supply the MegaWatt fast-charging infrastructure required for the quick turnaround times needed for electric aviation.

Industry Data