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Wisk Aero announced on Feb. 22 that it has partnered with the Long Beach Economic Partnership to conduct an economic impact study to measure the potential benefits from AAM operations in southern California.
Rolls-Royce announced on Feb. 14 that it has partnered with Luxaviation, a luxury jet and helicopter service provider, to collaborate on the development and deployment of advanced air mobility (AAM) solutions.
Eve has secured additional eVTOL aircraft orders and funding.
Odys Aviation, a California-based developer of hybrid-electric deflected thrust VTOL aircraft, announced on Feb. 10 that it had raised $12.4M in a seed funding round.
The UK-based Vertical Aerospace will partner with Italy’s Leonardo to build the fuselage for the VX4 eVTOL.
A series of new partnerships have now put Joby on the map in East Asia.
Bell Textron announced on Feb. 2 that its Autonomous Pod Transport (APT) successfully demonstrated a critical capability for future AAM operations.
In Jan. 26, Elroy Air unveiled the Chaparral C1, a pre-production hybrid-electric VTOL drone for autonomous cargo delivery (see also “TVF2022: Vehicles and Volts”).
The Boeing Company will back Wisk Aero with an additional $450M in funding and provide technical and regulatory expertise to the California-based eVTOL developer.
In a YouTube video on Jan. 20, Zuri unveiled a new version of its hybrid eVTOL aircraft.
