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On Friday, Oct. 13, EHang held a ceremony in Beijing to celebrate: the company had obtained the type certificate (TC) for its two-seat EH216-S Autonomous Air Vehicle (AAV) from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
Joby plans to locate its first scaled eVTOL aircraft production facility in Dayton, Ohio. Construction will begin in 2024.
Washington Report, Sept-Oct 2023:
FAA Unveils MOSAIC; House Advances FAA Reauthorization; House, Senate Pass NDAA Drafts
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has renewed efforts to develop a high-speed, runway-independent VTOL aircraft.
On March 9, the Biden Administration unveiled its budget request for fiscal year 2024 (FY24).
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has made progress towards implementing a framework for certification and operation of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) and civil tiltrotor aircraft.
While NASA ponders the fate of the Gantry, tests continue with this unique historic structure.
The NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, has a noteworthy dilemma: to keep and refurbish the Landing and Impact Research (LandIR) facility — typically just called the Gantry — or dismantle the structure that has served as a valuable aircraft and spacecraft testing facility since it was constructed for the Apollo program in the 1960s.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is aiming to release a plan for regulating eVTOL aircraft operations in May.
