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On Jan. 20, Overair announced that it had commenced its ground test program to evaluate the full-scale propulsion system for the Butterfly eVTOL quad tiltrotor aircraft in the desert northeast of Los Angeles.
On Jan. 19, Urban-Air Port (UAP), a UK-based startup, announced that it secured an investment from Supernal, the AAM subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, to advance the development of AAM networks.
AutoFlight announced on Jan. 18 that it had re-established a team in Germany that will focus on accelerating efforts to certify its Prosperity I eVTOL aircraft.
ZEVA Aero, an eVTOL developer based in Tacoma, Washington, announced on Jan. 13 that it has completed the maiden untethered test flight of the full-scale ZEVA Zero.
Savback Helicopters of Sweden has signed a distribution agreement with Switzerland-based Dufour Aerospace, the two companies announced on Jan. 11.
On Jan. 12, the UK-based eVTOL developer Bellwether Industries released a video of the maiden flight of a half-scale “Antelope” aircraft, which uses four ducted, embedded fans. The flight was one of eight test flights the company conducted in November in Dubai and follows a year of indoor tethered flights.
EHang announced on Dec. 23 that it had received the inaugural order for its winged VT-30 autonomous aerial vehicle, and continued to list orders made throughout January 2022.
Eve Air Mobility announced several partnerships and orders in 2022 after stating their plans to go public.
In an event in California between Dec. 13–17, a member of the US Air Force Reserve remotely piloted Palo Alto, California-based Kitty Hawk’s Heaviside eVTOL aircraft, marking the first such flight of its kind by a government entity.
On Dec. 16, Vertical Aerospace announced that it has listed on the New York Stock Exchange after completing a merger with Broadstone Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company.
