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International helicopter and fixed-wing lessor LCI has signed an agreement with Vermont-based Beta Technologies to acquire its Alia electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

Brazil’s Eve Air Mobility has announced a strategic partnership with France-based aviation giant Thales to help develop avionics, flight control, navigation, communication, and connectivity systems for Eve’s proposed new electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi.

American Airlines-backed electric air taxi developer Vertical Aerospace has been approved for concurrent type certification by European and UK aviation regulators.

Vermont-based electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Beta Technologies announced Wednesday it has raised $375 million in Series B funding, bringing its total investments to nearly $800 million.

In a surprise announcement, Brett Adcock, public face and co-founder of Archer Aviation, one of the world’s leading developers in electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, is stepping down as co-CEO.

The general director of Antonov—the Ukrainian company that owned the recently destroyed An-225 Mriya—has apparently been fired, according to a statement posted by state-owned defense manufacturer, Ukroboronprom.

California-based Wisk Aero has released a “first-of-its kind” report detailing how vertiports and related systems and infrastructure could better accommodate automated electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxis.

Germany-based Lilium (NASDAQ: LILM) has submitted proposals to the European Union’s aviation regulatory agency for how its electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft will comply with type certification requirements.

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Austin, Texas-based Lift Aircraft with a new contract to continue developing its unique, single-seat, ultralight, electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft called Hexa.

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