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Advanced Air Mobility Report, June 15, 2022

VOL. 2 NO. 24 June 15, 2022
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Business

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Eviation Lists On AAM Reality Index

Jun 14, 2022
The advanced air mobility industry is expanding beyond short-range urban air mobility (UAM), as reflected by the first appearance of a conventional electric aircraft on the AAM Reality Index. The index, created by SMG Consulting in partnership with Aviation Week, ranks leading advanced air mobility companies on a scale of 0-10, with 10 indicating a company whose plans to produce an AAM aircraft are most likely.
H2Fly test flight
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Joby Acquires Hydrogen Propulsion Specialist H2Fly

Jun 08, 2022
Joby Aviation has acquired German hydrogen-electric propulsion pioneer H2Fly.
AutoFlight Air Taxi Proof of concept
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Chinese Startup AutoFlight Flies Revised Prosperity 1 eVTOL

Jun 08, 2022
Chinese startup AutoFlight has continued its rapid progress toward developing the Prosperity 1 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi, flying a second full-scale proof-of-concept aircraft that incorporates design refinements.
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Dubai Operator Signs Up For Eve eVTOLs

Jun 08, 2022
When Dubai hosted demonstrations of both EHang and Volocopter prototypes in 2017, the largest city in the United Arab Emirates looked to be a front-runner for the introduction of urban air mobility using electric air taxis.
Connect Airlines ATR 72
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Connect Orders Hydrogen Propulsion For ATR 72 Regional Fleet

Jun 08, 2022
With ambitions to be North America’s first zero-emission airline, startup Connect Airlines has placed a firm order with Universal Hydrogen to convert 75 ATR 72-
ZeroAvia fuel-cell powertrain
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Regional Lessor Monte Orders ZeroAvia Hydrogen Conversions

Jun 08, 2022
Regional turboprop lessor Monte Aircraft Leasing has agreed to purchase up to 100 hydrogen-electric powertrains from zero-emission propulsion startup ZeroAvia for installation on new and existing Cessna Caravans and De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters as well as Dornier 228s and HAL-228s.

Investment & Finance

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Stock Market Is A Bear

Jun 13, 2022
While the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index briefly fell into “bear” territory four weeks ago, June 13 found it to be a full-on bear market.
U.S. Manufacturing
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AAM Companies Begin Transition To Manufacturing

Jun 09, 2022
Advanced air mobility companies have a critical advantage over legacy aerospace business as they transition into manufacturing, according to the leader of Deloitte’s U.S. aerospace and defense consultancy.

Technology

Electroflight SEED battery pack
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Electroflight Battery System Seen Advancing Electric Aircraft

Jun 10, 2022
Building on its involvement in a UK project that set a speed record for electric aircraft, energy storage specialist Electroflight has introduced a battery system designed to be available off the shelf for use in the early development of electric aircraft.
Lilium Phoenix2 demo
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Lilium Refines eVTOL Design To Maximize Operating Range

Jun 09, 2022
Lilium has completed the preliminary design review for its seven-seat electric air taxi, finalizing changes intended to extend the range that can be extracted from the Lilium Jet’s battery system.
Magnix-powered Robinson R44
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Tier 1 Engineering Flies R44 On MagniX Electric Power

Jun 08, 2022
Tier 1 Engineering has begun flying its electric Robinson R44 helicopter with the 350-kW MagniX magni350 electric propulsion unit planned for the production conversion.
Airspeeder Racing eVTOL
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Airspeeder Eyes High-Performance eVTOL Market With Multicopter

Jun 09, 2022
As it prepares to launch its Airspeeder racing series, Australia’s Alauda Aeronautics says it plans to develop a supercar-style high-performance eVTOL vehicle for private owners.
Flying Ship CEO Bill Peterson
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Flying Ship Eyes Europe, Asia For Wing-In-Ground-Effect Vehicle Debut

Jun 09, 2022
Despite skipping the FAA for the U.S. Coast Guard, wing-in-ground-effect vehicles still move too fast for U.S. regulators.https://aviationweek.com/node/4410606/edit#edit-group-article
Hydrogen tubing in a car engine
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Energy Department Launches $2.6M ‘Hydrogen Shot’ Incubator Prize

Jun 07, 2022
The U.S. Energy Department has launched its $2.6 million Hydrogen Shot Incubator Prize, a program which is aimed at finding technologies to reduce the cost of producing clean hydrogen.
Zipline acoustic detection system
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Zipline Develops Detect-And-Avoid System For Delivery Drones

Jun 09, 2022
Delivery drone operator Zipline has developed an acoustic detect-and-avoid system to enable autonomous long-range flights in complex as well as uncontrolled airspace.
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Ampaire Links With Black & Veatch On Airport Electrification

Jun 13, 2022
Hybrid-electric propulsion startup Ampaire has partnered with sustainable infrastructure developer Black & Veatch to electrify airports to support the deployment of advanced air mobility.

AAM Briefs

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AAM Briefs

Jun 10, 2022
DEMONSTRATION High Tech Campus Eindhoven, Netherlands, on May 30 hosted a demonstration of autonomous drones for several uses including building…

Operations

Volansi
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Daily Memo: Lessons Learned From UAS Ops Are Being Applied To AAM

Jun 13, 2022
Urban air taxi service may not be the best market for advanced air mobility startups to focus on, at least initially.

Analysis

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Opinion: Will 2030 Be The Year Uncrewed Flight Takes Off?

Jun 13, 2022
The Adoption Of Commercial Flight In 1929, only 6,000 people traveled by airplane in the U.S.—a mere four years later, that number multiplied to 450…

Industry Data

Company Profile

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Company Profile: DAEDALEAN

Jun 15, 2022
In March 2022, Embraer has launched a project with the Greater Zurich Area that includes Daedalean, Near Earth Autonomy, Iris Automation, Ansys from the U.S. and Motora.ai from Brazil.