Joby Aviation, the Toyota-backed designer and builder of electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft, announced on 06 July 2023 that it has submitted the entirety of its certification plan to the Federal Aviation Administration, thereby occasioning the imminent completion of the third of the five stages upon which FAA certification of new aircraft types is predicated.
X-57 Maxwell Ends X-Plane Program after Years of Developmental Woes
A modified Tecnam P2006T Traveller under the NASA X-Plane program has come to its end, sadly spending its entire life on the ground. After an audio conference describing some of the lessons learned from the Maxwell project, NASA published an announcement stating that the "X-57 Maxwell all-electric aircraft project will conclude aircraft operational activities by the end of September, with documentation and close-out activities continuing for several months afterwards."
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