Shenyang Aviation Industries Group has reached out to Italy's Manta Aircraft to partner on a V/STOL design that could now be developed and manufactured in China.
Lilium has announced its decision to file for insolvency under German bankruptcy law for its two principal subsidiaries; the move did not come as a shock.
The company is developing what it calls a Generation-0, near-conformal demonstrator version of its planned Ultra Short nine-passenger hybrid electric STOL.