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Overair Butterfly’s Metamorphosis

Overair Butterfly’s Metamorphosis

  • 11 Sep 2021 05:01 PM
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At a VFS webinar for the eVTOL Writers Group on Aug. 11, Santa Ana, California-based Overair, LLC, unveiled the revised configuration of its Butterfly eVTOL aircraft.

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Eve of Expansion on Five Continents

Eve of Expansion on Five Continents

  • 11 Sep 2021 04:41 PM
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In addition to the 250 orders covered last issue (see “Turning Point,” Vertiflite, July/Aug 2021) from Halo Aviation and Helisul Aviation, Embraer’s Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions unit has continued its announcements.

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Elroy Gets $40M from Lockheed and Others

Elroy Gets $40M from Lockheed and Others

  • 11 Sep 2021 04:34 PM
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Elroy Air — the San Francisco, California-based aerospace and logistics startup developing an end-to-end autonomous eVTOL aerial cargo system — has completed a $40M Series A financing round from Marlinspike Capital, Lockheed Martin Ventures and Prosperity7 Ventures, alongside continued backing from existing investors, including Catapult Ventures, DiamondStream Partners, Side X Side Management, Shield Capital Partners and Precursor Ventures.

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Craft Aero’s Blown Wing

Craft Aero’s Blown Wing

  • 11 Sep 2021 04:30 PM
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Craft Aerospace Technologies completed a $3.5M seed round with Calm Ventures, Countdown Capital, Deep Ventures, Giant Ventures, Soma Capital, Trajectory Capital and Y Combinator, as well as advisor Nikhil Goel, co-founder of Uber Elevate.

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SAMAD’s 50% eVTOL Demos

SAMAD’s 50% eVTOL Demos

  • 11 Sep 2021 03:39 PM
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SAMAD Aerospace, headquartered at Cranfield Airport in the UK, completed hover tests for its second prototype eVTOL eStarling aircraft at the end of July.

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XPeng’s X2

XPeng’s X2

  • 11 Sep 2021 02:53 PM
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Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer, XPeng Motors, unveiled what it calls its “fifth-generation flying vehicle,” the X2, on July 16, reported the Chinese electric vehicle news site, CnEVPost.com.

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Whisper Aero Silently Comes out of Stealth

Whisper Aero Silently Comes out of Stealth

  • 11 Sep 2021 02:43 PM
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As Uber Elevate was transitioning to Joby last year (see “Joby Transitions,” Vertiflite, Jan/Feb 2021), Elevate co-founder Mark Moore founded startup Whisper Aero, along with Ian Villa (Elevate’s head of strategy and system simulation) as chief operating officer (COO) and chief product officer (CPO) and Jacek Kawecki (Elevate’s vehicle components lead) as mechanical design lead.

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NASA Announces New AAM Partners

NASA Announces New AAM Partners

  • 10 Sep 2021 10:18 PM
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In July, NASA announced that it had signed agreements with 13 companies and a university for the agency’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign (NC).

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Urban Aero’s Sleek New H2eVTOL Design

Urban Aero’s Sleek New H2eVTOL Design

  • 10 Sep 2021 10:14 PM
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Under the leadership of new CEO Nimrod Golan-Yanay, Yavne, Israel-based Urban Aeronautics has unveiled a stylish new makeover of its CityHawk eVTOL.

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Skyworks Picks Eagle Technologies

Skyworks Picks Eagle Technologies

  • 10 Sep 2021 09:21 PM
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Skyworks Aeronautics Corp. announced in July that it had selected Newport News, Virginia-based Eagle Technologies, LLC, to design and fabricate the rotor system for the Skyworks’ eGyro electrically powered gyrodyne.

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