Aerospace

UK electric air taxi startup Vertical Aerospace has signed an agreement with Kakao Mobility of South Korea for 50 preorders of its VX4 eVTOL vehicle.

Dufour Aerospace is to receive a CHF2.5 million ($2.8 million) grant from the Swiss government under an accelerator program run by innovation agency Innosuisse.

The Advanced Air Mobility Stock Composite climbed 8.5% in its strongest week of the year so far, led higher by a massive rally in Archer Aviation.

Airbus Corporate Helicopters' Frederic Lemos highlighted operator Helsinki Citycopter as an operator which has built SAF operations into its business model.

Clean Sky 2’s Distributed Electric Propulsion Scaled Flight Demonstrator is a write-off after a fire during tests at the Netherlands aerospace research center.

With an eye on China, Tokyo ramps up ambitions for selling military equipment abroad.

After surpassing target thrust levels on its first test run, Rolls says the first Pearl 10X is now ready to go on its Boeing 747-200 flying testbed.

Engine-makers are accelerating tests of business aircraft engines with 100% sustainable aviation fuel.

Demand for sustainable aviation fuel is growing within the business aviation sphere, with securing supply still the real challenge.

Bombardier has been flight testing sub-scale versions of its blended wing body configuration dubbed the EcoJet.

Skyports Infrastructure is a company seeking to develop networks of vertiports around the world to accommodate the expected onset of electric air taxis.

Overair is assembling the first uncrewed full-scale demonstrator for its Butterfly tiltrotor electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

Barcelona, Spain-based BOLD Valuable Technology was founded in 2019 by Formula 1 design engineer Bernat Carreras to develop high-performance battery systems.

U.S. startup Doroni Aerospace has launched a Series A offering, aiming to raise $20-30 million to develop its H1 Hummingbird two-seat personal eVTOL vehicle.

SWISSto12 has received a contract to build three small geostationary communications satellites for Inmarsat.

NASA’s electrified aircraft propulsion flight demonstration programs face cost overruns and schedule delays, the agency’s inspector general says.

Validation tests will continue through the remainder of the year and amass a “large” number of cycles.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

A hydrogen leak during qualification testing of a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket upper stage was not due to a problem with the test stand.

For those suppliers who know both the automotive and aerospace sectors, the difference in manufacturing performance is striking.

German aerospace center DLR is planning a new facility for full-scale crash and impact testing of helicopters and electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing craft.

The engine-maker is pinning its hopes on the geared UltraFan as a low-fuel-burn contender for single- and twin-aisle airliners and reengining opportunities.

Reliable Robotics has demonstrated autonomous takeoff, flight and landing of its retrofitted Cessna Caravan 208 aircraft for the U.S. Air Force.

Cybersecurity startup Arqit Quantum said May 17 it will sell its satellite business once touted as a new-space partnership with now-bankrupt Virgin Orbit.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has created an interagency working group to help direct strategy and policies related to advanced air mobility.