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The funding, alongside a European grant, will support construction of the German startup’s first electric Microliner prototype and a final assembly line. The planned facilities mark a move from development toward building the aircraft, though the articles provide no timeline or production targets.
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The funding, alongside a European grant, will support construction of the German startup’s first electric Microliner prototype and a final assembly line. The planned facilities mark a move from development toward building the aircraft, though the articles provide no timeline or production targets.
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Joby Aviation has received $37 million in additional U.S. Air Force funding to advance and test its autonomous flight platform, with the overall contract ceiling raised to $50 million. The Air Force plans further Pacific exercises. Separately, Joby continues pursuing pre-certification air-taxi flights amid FAA scrutiny, while Eve signed an agreement with FlyBIS for up to 12 eVTOLs.
Acoustic modelling by German consultancy Munich Aeroacoustics (MUAA) suggests specially designed fractal surfaces could reduce noise from electric air taxi operations at vertiports. The analysis identifies elevated sites, including rooftop facilities, as having the greatest potential benefit; the findings are modelling results, not reported operational measurements.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama visited SkyDrive’s flight-test facility in Yamaguchi City, where she observed a demonstration of the company’s electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft. The visit included discussions of plans for commercial deployment.
Beta Technologies chief Clark argues that the A250 can reach certification ahead of competing electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. He attributes the expected advantage to simpler design choices and an incremental approach across the company’s product portfolio, which he says should deliver tangible results.
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AMAC Aerospace completed maintenance, structural repairs and cabin upgrades on five Boeing Business Jets, while DC Aviation Malta added a third Bombardier Global 7500. Aeroméxico took delivery of a 737 MAX 8, bringing its fleet to 171 aircraft; BETA Technologies reported a $4 billion aircraft backlog and raised its 2026 revenue outlook after a record third quarter.
Vertical Aerospace has appointed Andrew Teich, former chief executive of defense technology company FLIR Systems, to its board of directors. The UK eVTOL developer is preparing for aircraft certification and commercialization; the appointment adds a defense-technology executive to its board as it advances those efforts.
Wisk Aero has opened a 100-foot-by-100-foot vertiport at Hollister Municipal Airport in California, creating a dedicated site for vertical take-off and landing aircraft trials and autonomous flight technology. The facility advances a project previously described as under construction at the airport.
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