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Advanced Air Mobility Report, November 9, 2022

VOL. 2 NO. 45 November 09, 2022
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Operations

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Gadfin To Operate Medical Drone Network In Israel

Nov 07, 2022
Israel’s Gadfin Aero-Logistics Systems has secured a service contract from the country’s largest medical logistics company to operate an on-demand drone delivery network connecting all of the country’s major hospitals, flying medical supplies over a radius of up to 200 km (125 mi.).
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Aftermarket Begins Staking Claim On AAM Segment

Nov 03, 2022
MROs and aftermarket technology providers are establishing partnerships to get a foothold in the emerging advanced air mobility segment.
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UPS Plans Test Of Beta eVTOL’s Delivery Potential

Nov 01, 2022
UPS Flight Forward, the package carrier’s uncrewed aircraft division, is looking ahead to a vertical takeoff and landing demonstration flight direct to a UPS center using Beta Technologies’ Alia-250.
Spright
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Spright Orders Dufour eVTOLs For Drone Medical Delivery

Nov 04, 2022
Deliveries of the Aero2 tiltwing uncrewed medical delivery aircraft to Spright are planned to begin in 2025.

AAM Stock Composite

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AAM Tracks With Soft Stock Market Performance

Nov 08, 2022
Listening to analysts parse stock market performance as a follow-on to Nov. 4’s U.S. jobs report, higher unemployment rates equate to improvement—indicating some slack for companies struggling under a shortage of employees or supply chain problems stemming from labor shortages.

Investment & Finance

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Surf Air Counting On Exclusive Relationships To Carry SPAC Merger

Nov 04, 2022
Agreements in place with AeroTEC, MagniX and Textron Aviation to develop and supply electric and hybrid-electric powertrains for the Cessna Caravan are critical to Surf Air Mobility’s complex plan to go public through a merger with a blank-check company, a regulatory filing reveals.
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Australian eVTOL Startup Gets Government Grant

Nov 07, 2022
Australian electric air taxi startup AMSL Aero is among 12 projects that have been awarded federal government grants under the first round of the Emerging Aviation Technology Partnerships program.
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Volocopter Now Funded Through eVTOL Certification

Nov 01, 2022
German urban air mobility startup Volocopter has secured an additional $182 million in funding, with Saudi Arabian smart city Neom and Hong Kong-based GLy Capital Management as new investors.
Jaunt Air Mobility's Journey eVTOL
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New Funding To Boost Flapper’s Electric-Aircraft Plan

Nov 01, 2022
Brazil-based on-demand private-aviation provider and electric-aircraft proponent Flapper has raised an additional $6 million of Series A funding for investments in technology and flight operations.
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Voltaero Advances Plans For Hybrid-Electric

Nov 02, 2022
VoltAero has secured Italian aerospace components and structures producer TESI as a strategic investor and industrial partner as part of a €32 million ($31.6 million) Series B fundraising round.

Regulatory

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FAA’s eVTOL Shift Pushes Joby’s Launch Into 2025

Nov 03, 2022
Joby Aviation has confirmed that launch of its aerial ridesharing service has been delayed to 2025, citing the FAA’s change of direction on certification and internal challenges related to the startup’s vertical integration.

Supply Chain

Merlin
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Merlin Picks CMC Computer For Autonomous Flight Retrofits

Nov 04, 2022
Merlin is developing the Merlin Pilot autonomous flight system and is working on FAA supplemental type certification of the capability, initially on the Cessna Caravan.
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Monte Adds Hydrogen-Electric Islander To Net-Zero Offerings

Nov 03, 2022
With the stated goal of helping regional aviation transition to net-zero operations, Monte Aircraft Leasing has added another offering to its portfolio with a letter of intent to purchase 40 modification kits from Cranfield Aerospace Solutions to convert Britten-Norman Islanders to hydrogen-electric propulsion.

Technology Developments

UMS Skeldar V-200 RPAS
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Skeldar UAV Tests European Detect-And-Avoid System

Nov 01, 2022
Flights of UMS Skeldar’s V-200 rotary-wing uncrewed aircraft have demonstrated a detect-and-avoid system capable of automatically maneuvering a UAV around intruder aircraft

AAM Briefs

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AAM Briefs

Nov 04, 2022
Brief news items of interest to advanced air mobility professionals.

Calendar

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AMM Upcoming Events As Of Nov. 9

Nov 08, 2022
European Rotors, VTOL Show & Safety Conference, European Helicopter Association, Cologne, Germany.