The Electric VTOL News™, Vol 7, No 15, Aug 2, 2022
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EAS 2022 A Big Success!
More than 40 of the world's leading electric aircraft developers and technology experts spoke at the VFS 16th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium (EAS), this weekend: www.vtol.org/eas
More than 100 people registered in person and nearly 100 attended virtually! Check out some of the photos and insights from the event, as live tweeted during the event: https://twitter.com/hashtag/EAS2022
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Upcoming AAM Infrastructure Workshop
Register now for this premier event!
VFS is hosting its 6th Workshop on Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Infrastructure on Sept. 20-22 in Dayton, Ohio. This two-day meeting is the sixth in a series of solution-focused workshops.
This year's workshop will be based on the recent collaborative work conducted by the NASA AAM Ecosystem Community Integration Working Group on “Vertiport Location Considerations.” This effort identified some 445 considerations which will be presented in a white paper, “Advanced Air Mobility Vertiport Considerations: A List and Overview,” at this year's AIAA Aviation Forum in Chicago. To download a copy of the initial listing of the identified vertiport considerations click here. The final white paper has been released, and can be viewed here.
The program includes an exclusive tour and technology display at Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport. For more information, click here.
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VFS News
Airbus
Archer
Beta
EHang
Eve
Lilium
- Lilium Selects Diehl Aviation To Design Cabins For Its eVTOL Aircraft, Simple Flying, July 22
- Lilium and Helity partner to bring the Lilium Jet eVTOL aircraft to southern Spain, eVTOL.com, July 21
- Lilium and AAP Aviation to Develop an eVTOL Network in Scandinavia, Auto Futures, July 19
- Norway and Benelux Region Prepare for eVTOL Air Services, AIN, July 19
- Belgium's ASL Group Signs Deal To Purchase 6 Lilium eVTOL Jets, Simple Flying, July 18
Supernal
Vertical Aerospace
Wisk
Other eVTOL Aircraft News
- With 18 rotors, the Hexa aircraft has room for just one passenger, Popular Science, July 29
- SkyDrive next up to opt for EP Systems’ air taxi batteries, electrive.com, July 29
- BlackFly maneuvers over Oshkosh, AOPA, July 29
- Textron Changes Course on eVTOL Aircraft Plans, Confirming Nexus Is an Active Program, Future Flight, July 28
- Volkswagen launches eVTOL dubbed Flying Tiger in China, electrive.com, July 28
- Daily Briefing July 26: US-Israel camaraderie; not a bird, not a plane, but an eVTOL, Times of Israel, July 26
- Horizon presents a 50% scale prototype of its badass Cavorite X5 eVTOL, New Atlas, July 25
- Startup Pedia update on Chennai-based ePlane Company, UAM News, July 25
- US company looks to assemble electric air taxis in India, Times of India, July 25
- The story behind the Jetson ONE, eVTOL.com, July 25
- Six operators tentatively sign for nearly 250 of Ascendance’s Atea eVTOL, Flight Global, July 22
- Liftoff: Israeli startup’s ‘flying car’ aces first test, Times of Israel, July 20
- The bigger picture: Medical eVTOL aircraft, E&T, July 18
General eVTOL/AAM News
- Air Taxis Keep Crashing, Bursting Into Flames in Testing Phase, Bloomberg, July 29
- Skybus: The Public Transport Revolution, Catapult, July 29
- AAM Movers and Shakers Assemble as Revolution Aero Returns to San Francisco, Future Flight, July 27
- NASA vertiport research highlights challenges of BVLOS operation, resilience and profitability, UAM News, July 26
- When disaster strikes: A look at how eVTOLs can be used to transport life-saving supplies, eVTOL.com, July 25
- Magnetic Gears For Urban Air Mobility, Engineer Live, July 25
- New Unmanned Airspace report: delays to UTM implementation threaten UAM business plans, UAM News, July 22
- Japan’s Internationalized eVTOL Industry, Akihabara News, July 22
- Air taxis flag UK show arrival with order spree, Flight Global, July 21
- Future air mobility funding still flows, although down from 2021, McKinsey, July 19
Regulations & Regulators
Infrastructure & Operations
- Donauwörth: Airbus constructing test centre for CityAirbus NextGen, eVTOL Insights, Aug. 1
- Munich Airport’s Ivonne Kuger on the Air Mobility Initiative and the strategy behind vertiport development, eVTOL.com, July 29
- AirAsia and Skyports partner to develop air taxi vertiport in Malaysia, eVTOL Insights, July 29
- Urban-Air Port is Facilitating the eVTOL Revolution, Auto Futures, July 28
- Skyportz announced as finalist in Australian Aviation Awards, eVTOL Insights, July 26
- Montreal, Quebec City likely sites for Vertiko Mobility’s Canadian vertiport network, eVTOL.com, July 25
- Urban-Air Port explores vertiport concept for eVTOL ‘air bus’, eVTOL.com, July 19
- Want to take an air taxi home from Pittsburgh International Airport?, Next Pittsburgh, July 18
Power & Energy
- Raytheon Invests In VerdeGo Hybrid Technology, AVWeb, July 27
- EP Systems Prepares To Deliver First EPiC Electric-Aircraft Batteries, Aviation Week, July 26
- H3X HPDM-3000 – a Three Megawatt-Motor?, Sustainable Skies, July 23
- Battery breakthrough: A look inside Cuberg’s new lithium metal cell, eVTOL.com, July 21
- Cranfield: Hub of Electric Aviation, Sustainable Skies, July 19
eCTOL / eSTOL
- Two Electric Ways to Oshkosh, Sustainable Skies, July 30
- Autonomous Flight Pioneer Xwing Expands Air Cargo Operations in Preparation for Pilotless Services, Future Flight, July 28
- “We Don’t Have a Choice” – Eviation CEO Greg Davis on the Necessity of Electric Flight, Auto Futures, July 27
- Ampaire Picks RED Engine for Hybrid-Electric Eco Caravan, Future Flight, July 26
- Ricardo joins Pratt & Whitney Canda on hybrid planes, electrive, July 25
- WingTips Orders 5 Ampaire Hybrid-Electric Eco Caravans, Simple Flying, July 23
- Ampaire Flies Hybrid Electric EEL To Oshkosh, AIN, July 23
- French Hybrid-Electric Aircraft to Be Powered by Safran’s Smart Electric Motor, autoevolution, July 22
- Seattle-based aerospace company makes Moses Lake a proving ground for new electric airplane projects, Seattle Times, July 20
- Parker Aerospace And Eviation Team Up On Development Of Alice; The First All-Electric Commuter Aircraft, Aviation Week, July 20
- CAE launches Electric Aircraft Modification Program with Piper Aircraft Inc., Yahoo, July 19
- Aerospace electrified by new technology, BBC, July 19
- Pratt & Whitney and Collins Aerospace Expand Leadership in Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Technology with New STEP-Tech Demonstrator, Collins Aerospace, July 18
- Electric Seagliders Could Enable Short-Haul Emissions-Free Air Travel This Decade, Singularity Hub, July 18
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VFS Visits EAA AirVenture
VFS spent a week at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI, interviewing vertical flight and electric aviation companies and organizations. In the coming weeks, VFS will be posting video interviews with 16 companies and organizations, including AFWERX, Air Canada Cargo, Electra Aero and many others.
Visit the VFS EAA AirVenture 2022 YouTube playlist to view new videos as they are posted.
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Aug. 3-4: Berkeley Tech Transfer
Future of Aviation: Advancing Aerial Mobility
San Francisco, California
Register today!
Aug. 22-23: AAM Industry Forum
National Air Mobility Industry Forum
Springfield, Ohio, USA
Register today!
Aug. 22-26: NASA RVLT Workshop
NASA Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology (RVLT) Project
Moffett Field, California
Register today!
Sept. 6-7: Aero Montreal
International Aerospace Innovation Forum 2022
Montreal, Canada
Register today!
Sept. 20-22: VFS Meeting
6th AAM Infrastructure Workshop
Dayton, Ohio
Register today!
Oct. 4-6: VAST Conference
Vertical Aviation Safety Team 2022 Global Conference
Hurst, Texas
Register today!
Oct. 10-11: eVTOL Insights
eVTOL Insights' New York Conference
New York City, New York
Register today!
Oct. 26-28: AIRTEC 2022
International Fair on Aerospace Future Air Mobility & New Space
Munich, Germany
Register today!
Nov. 8-10: EUROPEAN ROTORS
The VTOL Show and Safety Conference
Cologne, Germany
Save the date!
Jan. 24-26: VFS Meeting
2023 Autonomous VTOL Technical Meeting and Electric VTOL Symposium
Mesa, Arizona
Abstracts due Sept. 15!
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Since May 2020, VFS has launched a number of initiatives to advance the hydrogen-electric / hydrogen fuel cell aviation industry to support new eVTOL and eCTOL aircraft applications.
We founded the H2eVTOL Council, which has been holding monthly educational webinars since January 2021 to understand the full range of the hydrogen aviation ecosystem. In January 2022, we created the H2-Aero Team to developing a white paper for a possible hydrogen hub that would serve a combination of eVTOL, eCTOL and eSTOL H2-Aero applications.
The industry leading work by VFS resulted in the 1st H2-Aero Symposium & Workshop in North America in March 2022 (see below) which brought 135 leading experts together at a hybrid in-person and virtual event.
Sign up to join one or both of these two H2 working groups to help decarbonize aviation! Go to www.vtol.org/hydrogen to learn more.
Here's a roundup of recent H2 articles:
- H2FLY to double the range of hydrogen fuel cell test aircraft, Aerospace Testing, Aug. 2
- Universal Hydrogen and Avmax announce hydrogen fuel aircraft deal, Hydrogen Fuel News, July 27
- H2FLY is getting ready for hydrogen-powered flight, electrive, July 26
- Could hydrogen-fuelled flights be a reality by 2035?, World Economic Forum, July 25
- Airbus joins ‘world’s largest’ hydrogen infrastructure investment fund, H2 View, July 22
- ZeroAvia Adds Caravan To Hydrogen-Electric Conversion Plans, Aviation Week, July 22
- ZeroAvia partners with Canadian airport to establish hydrogen infrastructure, H2 View, July 21
- H2Fly Prepares To Integrate Liquefied Hydrogen Tank into HY4 Test Aircraft, Future Flight, July 21
- easyJet, Rolls-Royce form H2ZERO to develop hydrogen engine technology for aircraft, H2 View, July 21
- Blue Condor: Airbus’ project to study contrails from hydrogen-powered flight, H2 View, July 21
- Joby-backed H2Fly achieves progress in hydrogen technology, eVTOL.com, July 20
- Timing is key | Green hydrogen could 'supply 32% of aviation energy demand by 2050', ReCharge, July 20
- 'Outrageous greenwash' | No clear role for hydrogen as critics slam UK's net-zero aviation strategy, ReCharge, July 20
- ZeroAvia secures $30M in additional funding to get its hydrogen-electric planes to the skies, electrek, July 20
- Hydrogen-electric planes ‘closer than expected thanks to key technologies’, IMECHE, July 19
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Read the latest Vertiflite!
Featured eVTOL articles in this issue:
VFS members can download the current and all past issues of Vertiflite!
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AAM Supply Chain Working Group
NASA is collaborating with Agility Prime on an important initiative to promote the development of a strong and resilient Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) supply chain that can scale as the market matures, and has published a fact sheet on Building Resilient Aerospace Supply Chain.
The Working Group recently held a meeting on June 9. To view the video recordings of past meetings or to learn about future plans, go to nari.arc.nasa.gov/aamsupplychain
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VFS Annual Forum a Success!
The Vertical Flight Society's 78th Annual Forum & Technology Display was a great success! More than 1,250 people experienced the "Future of Vertical Flight" at Forum 78, held May 10-12, 2022, in Ft. Worth, Texas. Some 220 technical papers were presented, plus more than 50 invited presentations and panel discussions by experts and decision makers in industry, academia, government agencies and research institutions.
Event attendees can access the technical papers by logging on to www.vtol.org/my-VFS or by visiting the Forum 78 proceedings page. Non-attendees can purchase the proceedings or individual papers. You can also check out more than 400 photos from the event — videos now posted!
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eVTOL Technical Papers
Clear Prop!* is a newsletter summarizing technical papers in AAM from leading institutions around the world. It is published every two weeks and includes key insights from fields spanning battery tech, hardware, data science, and the like, providing a holistic view of cutting-edge research central & peripheral to eVTOLs. *Clear Prop! is not affiliated with VFS.
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NASA Conceptual Design Toolchain Workshop in August
The NASA Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology (RVLT) Project has supported the development of a documented set of conceptual design tools to accurately evaluate the noise and performance of a broad range of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) vehicles.
The Conceptual Design team will host a one-week, hybrid-format workshop August 22-26, 2022 at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. The no-cost workshop is aimed at vehicle designers and researchers in the UAM community. Workshop attendance is limited to U.S. citizens (or Permanent Residents) representing U.S. organizations.
If you are interested in attending the workshop, please register using the link below:
https://nari.arc.nasa.gov/rvlt_workshop3
If you have any questions, please contact the Workshop Team at arc-cal-rvlt-toolchain@mail.nasa.gov.
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VFS eVTOL Short Courses
Need an introduction to eVTOL or need to become an expert? Watch one of our recent eVTOL short courses video recordings:
- Short Course on Electric VTOL Technology — Video on demand (6.9 hours of instruction) — held June 2022 — New!
- Short Course on Electric VTOL Design: Video-on-demand (10.2 hours of instruction) includes 1,000 presentation slides in PDF format — held Feb. 2022
- Short Course on Electric VTOL Technology: Video-on-demand (10.5 hours of instruction) includes hundreds of presentation slides in PDF format — held June 2021
- Short Course on Electric VTOL Design (Introduction): Video-on-demand for this 9-hour eVTOL short course — with more than 500 presentation slides provided in PDF format — Sept. 2020
- Short Course on Electric VTOL Design (Intermediate): Video-on-demand for this 9-hour eVTOL short course — with more than 500 presentation slides provided in PDF format — Feb. 2021
Check out all of our short courses available for purchase. The cost for each course is US$325.
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Vertically yours,
Mike.
Mike Hirschberg, Executive Director
The Vertical Flight Society
www.vtol.org
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