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Australian Air Force to use back-assist exosuits for heavy-lifting roles

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The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) will start using back-assist exosuits to assist personnel in roles that involve regular, heavy lifting. Airport employees wore three kilogram robotic suits around their waists to help with lifting heavy objects. The suit is battery-powered and a full charge can last for about three hours.

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Vertical’s VX4 prototype eVTOL aircraft achieves first tethered piloted flight

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Further down the line, Vertical will conduct thrustborne flight testing which will see the VX4 take-off and land vertically, as well as conducting low speed flight maneuvers with lift generated by the propellers. Additional stages include wingborne or conventional flight (CTOL) and piloted transition flight.

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Archer Aviation given FAA’s airworthiness criteria for Midnight eVTOL aircraft

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“The FAA announces the special class airworthiness criteria for the Archer Aviation, Inc. This document sets forth the airworthiness criteria the FAA finds to be appropriate and applicable for the powered-lift design,” the FAA airworthiness criteria read. Joby Aviation were provided with similar documentation in March 2024.

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Ecojet to order up to 50 gyroplanes from ARC Aerosystems for UK operations 

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Gyroplanes are capable of taking off and landing vertically by having lift provided by an unpowered top rotor in an autorotation motion, but they fly horizontally when cruising, just like a conventional aircraft. ARC Aerosystems is not the only company exploring new opportunities for gyroplane technology.

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Rotor Technologies launches world’s largest commercial drones 

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Rotor Technologies, a US startup that develops unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) out of New Hampshire, has announced the launch of the world’s two largest commercial drones.

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XPeng AeroHT raises US$150 million for modular car-and-eVTOL concept 

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Lift for this small electrically powered aircraft is provided by an array of electrical rotors laid out horizontally on top of the passenger capsule. The “Land Aircraft Carrier” is a modular vehicle concept that combines an air and a land component. This vehicle is not yet certified.

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The innovators and trailblazers of future aviation flourishing in the UK

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Hybrid Air Vehicles The Airlander 10 relies on a combination of proven aerospace technologies such as traditional cylindrical airships and helium for lift. However, it also draws on modern aviation developments that are found in planes, helicopters, or vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft.

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