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Advanced Air Mobility Report, December 1, 2021

VOL. 1 NO. 25 December 01, 2021
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Infrastructure

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Beta Underpins AAM With Nationwide Charging Network

Nov 29, 2021
Beta sees its plans for a Tesla Supercharger-style network of chargers as a key differentiator that sets it apart from other developers of eVTOL vehicles.
eVTOL
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Paris Opens Urban Air Mobility Test Site

Nov 26, 2021
The test center at Pontoise-Cormeilles will be used for real-world trials of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft and the supporting ecosystem.
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Walmart, DroneUp Expand Drone Deliveries

Nov 23, 2021
Flight services provider DroneUp and Walmart have agreed to launch on-demand package deliveries by drone at three Walmart stores in northwest Arkansas, the companies announced Nov. 22.
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Dubai Launches Drone Transportation Program

Nov 22, 2021
Dubai has launched a program to enable drone transportation by creating an infrastructure to test unmanned aircraft in designated areas and develop legislation to enable their implementation.

Who's Where

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Archer Aviation Inc

Nov 29, 2021
Archer Aviation Inc. has named Sergio Ferreira to lead the company’s fly-by-wire flight control system development. He joins Archer after nearly 10…

Operations

Joby
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Ohio AAM Use To Focus On Medical, Health Care Markets

Nov 29, 2021
Ohio’s AAM center of gravity is the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport, home to the new National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence and the Ohio Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center.
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Diehl, Thales First Suppliers To CityAirbus NextGen

Nov 17, 2021
Diehl Aerospace and Thales are to work with Airbus to develop the flight control system for Airbus’ electric vertical takeoff and landing advanced air mobility platform.

Business

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Flytrex Lands $40M To Fund U.S. Expansion Of Food-By-Drone Service

Nov 22, 2021
Flytrex’s delivery system uses a multicopter drone that flies autonomously beyond line of sight and hovers to safely lower the package by wire to the customer in the ground. 
ES-19
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Aernnova To Provide Airframe For Heart’s Electric Regional

Nov 25, 2021
Startup Heart Aerospace has selected the Spanish aerostructures company to build the fuselage, empennage and wing for its all-electric regional airliner the ES-19.

Programs

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Volocopter Partners With South Korean Mobility App

Nov 23, 2021
In South Korea Volocopter and Kakao Mobility are to study the feasibility of operating UAM services, a technology that Seoul wants to see commercialized by 2025.

Technology

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ATR, P&WC Begin Path To Hybrid-Electric

Nov 30, 2021
At the recent Dubai Airshow, the Toulouse-based aircraft manufacturer and Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) announced a long-awaited upgrade plan for the ATR 42/72 based on an extensively improved derivative of the PW127 engine family dubbed the XT.
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Vertical Set To Build VA-X4 eVTOL Prototype

Nov 24, 2021
Vertical says it remains on track to start flight tests in early 2022 as it targets certification for the VA-X4 in 2024 and entry-into-service in 2025.
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Germany’s eMagic Builds On eVTOL Legacy

Nov 22, 2021
The 10 years that separate the first hover flights of the Volocopter VC1 and eMagic Aircraft’s eMagic One illustrate the advances made in a decade by electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing technology.

Regulatory

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China’s AutoFlight To Certify eVTOL Air Taxi In Europe

Nov 22, 2021
Chinese electric vertical takeoff and landing startup AutoFlight has identified European technology investor Lukasz Gadowski as the source of the $100 million Series A investment announced in September.