Air taxis and personal transports

BeyondAero reports “first flight of hydrogen-powered electric aircraft in France”

France’s BeyondAero reports it has achieved the country’s first flight of a crewed aircraft powered by a hydrogen-electric engine According to a company press release: “This 85kW aircraft serves as a demonstrator, validating the feasibility […]

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Turbotech, Safran report successful completion of prototype hydrogen commercial aviation engine test

Turbotech and Safran report they have completed the first test of a hydrogen-fueled aero gas turbine engine with ultra-high performance regenerative cycle. The test was made possible by ArianeGroup’s expertise in preparing and performing tests […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Swiss startup Sirius goes ahead with January launch of its hydrogen powered eVTOL jet

Following its announcement of  a planned launch (https://www.urbanairmobilitynews.com/air-taxis/sirius-to-unveil-worlds-first-hydrogen-powered-vtol-aircraft-on-january-17/) Swiss startup Sirius Aviation has launched its hydrogen VTOL (vertical take off and landing) aircraft — and an ambitious plan to have it in the air by […]

Air taxis and personal transports

ZeroAvia awarded California Energy Commission grant to develop high efficiency liquid hydrogen refuelling trucks

ZeroAvia today announced that it has been awarded USD3.25 million in funding by the California Energy Commission (CEC) to develop a first-of-a-kind mobile liquid hydrogen (LH2) refuelling truck for heavy-duty applications, including aviation and maritime. […]

Air taxis and personal transports

ZeroAvia, Verne link to test cryo-compressed hydrogen for flight and refuelling trials

ZeroAvia and Verne have today announced that they have signed an MOU to jointly evaluate the opportunities for using cryo-compressed hydrogen (CcH2) on-board aircraft and for conducting CcH2 refuelling from gaseous hydrogen (GH2) and liquid […]

Air taxis and personal transports

VI&E Solutions sets infrastructure/SAF and hydrogen for 40-seat eVTOL LYTE Aviation’s SkyBus in US

Volatus Infrastructure & Energy Solutions and UK-based eVTOL manufacturer LYTE Aviation have formed a partnership to fulfil the infrastructure requirements for all types of eVTOL technologies. VI&E Solutions says it will expand its refuelling options […]