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Advanced Air Mobility Report, September 21, 2022

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Business

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Eve Lands In Chicago To Demonstrate eVTOL Flights

Sep 19, 2022
When Embraer launched its advanced air mobility efforts, the company took a slightly different tack.
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GlobalX Alice Deal Boosts Eviation Prospects

Sep 15, 2022
Miami-based Global Crossing Airlines Group (GlobalX) has signed a letter-of-intent (LOI) for 50 all-electric Eviation Alice aircraft as part of plans to introduce sustainable services for growing markets in Florida, the Bahamas and around the Caribbean.
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Federal Funding Backs U.S. Regional Advanced Mobility Hub

Sep 13, 2022
Oklahoma and Arkansas are making a bid to be a hub for research, development and production for advanced mobility, including drones, air taxis and technologies such as batteries and autonomy.
Air Canada ES-30
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Air Canada Could Deploy Its ES-30s In New Regional Markets

Sep 15, 2022
Air Canada believes its new ES-30 electric regional aircraft could open up new market opportunities within Canada.
Hanwha Systems
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Hanwha-Led Team Plans Korea’s First UAM Service In 2025

Sep 14, 2022
A team led by Hanwha Systems plans to launch South Korea’s first commercial urban air mobility service in 2025 linking tourist destinations on Jeju Island using Joby Aviation electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxis.

Investment & Finance

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AAM Composite Up By 7%

Sep 19, 2022
The advanced air mobility industry’s publicly traded companies in the AAM Composite showed a 7% increase in average price for the five days beginning Sept. 13 and ending Sept. 19 over the previous five-day period.

Technology/Business

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Alice High-Speed Taxi Tests Imminent, Says New Eviation CEO

Sep 16, 2022
Eviation Aircraft is set to begin high-speed taxi tests of the all-electric Alice aircraft in coming days as part of final preparations for first flight, says the company’s new CEO, Greg Davis.

AAM Briefs

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AAM Briefs

Sep 16, 2022
ZeroAvia has conducted medium-power taxi testing of its Dornier 228 hydrogen propulsion testbed at Kemble in the UK.

Technology

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Sweden’s Heart Switches To 30-Seat Electric Regional, Adds Investors

Sep 15, 2022
Air Canada has placed a preorder for 30 of the aircraft, now called the ES-30.
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AeroVironment Unveils Visual-Based Navigation For Puma Drones

Sep 15, 2022
AeroVironment has unveiled a visual-based navigation system for its Puma 2 AE and Puma 3 AE reconnaissance drones for situations when GPS signals are jammed or disrupted.
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U.S. Navy Starts Testing Folding-Wing UAS For Cargo Delivery

Sep 14, 2022
A U.S. Navy research center has received the first of three transverse folding-wing uncrewed air systems supplied by Pterodynamics to start the next phase of a months-long prototyping demonstration for autonomous cargo delivery at sea. 
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LiquidPiston To Demo Hybrid-Electric Propulsion For U.S. Army VTOL UAS

Sep 14, 2022
LiquidPiston is to demonstrate a hybrid-electric propulsion system based on its rotary diesel engine in a vertical takeoff and landing uncrewed aircraft system under a contract from the U.S. Army.
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ASX Flies Tiltwing eVTOL Air Taxi Demo With Plug-And-Play Payloads

Sep 15, 2022
Detroit startup Airspace Experience Technologies has completed the first hover flight of its proof-of-concept Sigma Six, a tiltwing electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle with interchangeable plug-and-play payloads for defense, emergency response, cargo and passenger transport missions.
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Europe’s AiRMOUR UAM For EMS Project Begins Test Flights

Sep 15, 2022
Live drone flights under a European project to validate the use of autonomous aircraft for emergency medical services are planned to begin in Stavanger, Norway, on Sept. 21.

Investment

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Jetson Personal eVTOL Secures Funding

Sep 14, 2022
Swedish startup Jetson is closing a $10 million seed round to fund production of its single-seat ultralight electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle. 

Supply Chain/Business

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Ampaire Selects EPS Batteries For Hybrid-Electric Eco Caravan

Sep 15, 2022
Electric Power System has secured another battery pack supply contract in the emerging electric aircraft market with its selection to provide the energy storage system for Ampaire’s hybrid-electric Eco Caravan conversion of the Cessna Caravan single-turboprop utility aircraft.

Who's Where

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Who’s Where In AAM

Sep 16, 2022
Los Angeles-based aviation company Skyryse has appointed Will Fulton as vice president of Product and Marketing.

Company Profile

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Company Profile: Vertical Aerospace

Sep 20, 2022
Vertical Aerospace completed a merger with Broadstone Acquisition in December 2021, taking the company public.