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Advanced Air Mobility Report, April 20, 2022

VOL. 2 NO. 16 April 20, 2022
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Technology/Regulatory

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Progress And Hurdles: eVTOL Certification Update

Apr 19, 2022
Before the advent of advanced air mobility, few outside the industry paid much attention to the intricacies of aircraft certification.

Investment

EHang EH216
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AAM Composite Roller Coaster Ride Continues

Apr 19, 2022
The up and down of advanced air mobility stock prices per share continues this week, with AAM stocks continuing their downward slide.

Business

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AAM Forecast: Turbulence Accompanies Progress

Apr 14, 2022
In August 2019 I wrote in Aviation Week & Space Technology about how the electronic vertical takeoff and landing sector was a hot topic in the industry.
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Until There’s Data, Insurance Remains Question For AAM

Apr 15, 2022
As Dana Jensen, senior industrial policy analyst, keeps watch over the development of advanced air mobility vehicles and their supply chains through the lens of the U.S. Air Force Agility Prime initiative, he has a recurring thought.
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OEMs Settle In For The ‘Hard Work’

Apr 15, 2022
Advanced air mobility’s OEMs held their positions for the April listing of the AAM Reality Index, developed by SMG Consulting in partnership with Aviation Week.
parked Lilium aircraft
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Taking An Automotive Approach To AAM’s Aftermarket

Apr 10, 2022
Will a mix of aftermarket standards from aviation and automotive industries be necessary to make advanced air mobility operations viable?
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EHang Targets Asia For AAM Expansion

Apr 12, 2022
Benefiting perhaps from steadily improving relations between China and Indonesia, EHang has secured its largest commitment to date from an Asian customer with preorders for 100 EH216 autonomous air taxis from Prestige Aviation, an Indonesian aircraft sales and management company.
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Wisk Developing Four-Passenger Autonomous eVTOL

Apr 18, 2022
Wisk Aero’s production self-flying air taxi will carry four passengers, the Boeing-backed startup has confirmed.
Eviation Aircraft
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Cape Air Signs LOI For Eviation’s Electric Alice

Apr 15, 2022
Formalizing a relationship first announced at the Paris Air Show in 2019, U.S. regional airline Cape air has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Eviation Aircraft for the purchase of 72 Alice electric aircraft.

Regulatory

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Lilium Takes Next Step Toward eVTOL Certification

Apr 12, 2022
Germany’s Lilium has taken another step in the type certification process for its electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi, submitting its means of compliance to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.
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Sea-Skimming Regional Transports On Track For Maritime Certification

Apr 12, 2022
With testing of a subscale uncrewed demonstrator underway in waters off Tampa, Florida, Regent has solidified its maritime certification path with confirmations from U.S. and European aviation regulators that its planned wing-in-ground-effect (WIG) regional transports are not considered aircraft.

Investment/Finance

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Zanite SPAC Bolsters Eve Merger Deal As Vote Nears

Apr 14, 2022
Zanite Acquisition has beefed up the committed funding that is backing its planned going-public merger with Eve, Embraer’s urban air mobility spinoff, as it heads into a May 6 shareholder vote on the deal.

Infrastructure

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Wisk, Skyports Detail Vision For Autonomous Air Mobility

Apr 15, 2022
What a journey across town in an autonomous air taxi could look like, flying through airspace shared with drones and piloted aircraft, is revealed in a new concept of operations for urban air mobility produced by Wisk Aero and vertiports developer Skyports.

AAM Peeps

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AAM Peeps

Apr 20, 2022
Electra.aero has promoted James “JP” Stewart to vice president and general manager. Stewart was previously Electra’s director of programs.

Supply Chain

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Honeywell Testing Simplified eVTOL Cockpit System

Apr 14, 2022
Honeywell has started testing reaction time differences between expert pilots and novices on its prototype simplified vehicle operation cockpit system for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

Technology

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Airbus Invests In Natural-Fiber Composites Producer

Apr 12, 2022
Bcomp, a Swiss startup producing composites using natural fibers, has received an investment from Airbus Ventures as part of a CHF34 million ($35 million) Series B financing round led by BMW i Ventures.
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LaunchPoint Introduces Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Family

Apr 12, 2022
A hybrid-electric power system designed for applications ranging from drones to uncrewed cargo aircraft and passenger air taxis has been unveiled by startup LaunchPoint Electric Propulsion Solutions.
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Cyclorotor Propulsion Enables Urban Package Deliveries

Apr 12, 2022
Austrian startup CycloTech and Japanese package carrier Yamato have completed a study into the feasibility of developing an uncrewed cargo aircraft using thrust-vectoring cyclorotor propulsion to operate in confined urban areas, even in high winds.

Business/Technology

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Germany Studies AAM For Offshore Wind Turbine Maintenance

Apr 12, 2022
German energy company EnBW and aerospace research agency DLR have launched a three-year project to explore the use of cargo and passenger drones to support the maintenance of offshore wind farms.

AAM Briefs

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AAM Briefs

Apr 15, 2022
In the latest round of the legal battle between Wisk and Archer, Archer has filed a lawsuit accusing Boeing of launching a media smear campaign intended to harm the rival eVTOL startup.

Calendar of Events

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Upcoming Events

Apr 19, 2022
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Carole Rickard Hedden at [email protected].