Iris Automation continues its string of dealmaking, signing on as a partner with Australia’s Swoop Aero to offer beyond-visual-line-of-sight systems on the global advanced air mobility market.
The grant supports an A$8 million program that will run to December 2023 which involves development and optimization of a quiet, efficient and lightweight propulsion system that increases the range and reduces the noise and cost of the Vertiia.
High-profile electric air taxi startup Lilium will become a publicly traded company Sept. 15 when its Class A ordinary shares and redeemable warrants will be listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbols “LILM” and “LILMW” respectively.
Airbus Helicopters says it has achieved much of what it wanted to get out of its flight test campaign of its CityAirbus advanced air mobility demonstrator.
A series of large-scale urban air mobility demonstrations are beginning in Europe under projects funded by the EU’s SEAR air traffic management research program.
VoltAero plans a second crossing of the English Channel with an electric aircraft on Sept. 13, flying its Cassio 1 demonstrator from Calais in France to Cranfield in England for a presentation at Cranfield University.
In its pursuit of an infrastructure-first strategy, Varon Vehicles Corp. will partner with D3 Technologies as it develops a solution for highly automated and safe commercial air transport in urban air spaces.
