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Rolls-Royce is expanding its involvement in electric propulsion technology through a new partnership with South Korea's Hyundai Motor Company, which is developing an eVTOL aircraft through its Supernal division. The aircraft engine maker and the automotive group aim to have a fuel-cell electric aircraft demonstration underway in 2025.

Halo Aviation has agreed to be the first launch customer for Eve's urban air traffic management software. The two companies signed a letter of intent this week at the UK’s Farnborough International Airshow to collaborate on the product’s development and introduction. 

VoltAero has selected Safran’s EngineUs 100 electric motor to power its Cassio 330 prototype, and the company is partnering with Thales to implement airborne data collection and computing solutions for its Cassio family of hybrid-electric aircraft, the company announced this week at the UK’s Farnborough International Airshow. 

H2Fly aims to produce the world's first commercial airliner to run on liquefied hydrogen and is preparing to start testing its sixth-generation powertrain in 2023. It says the technology could support a 40-passenger regional airliner on flights of up to around 1,250 miles.

Eviation has engaged Parker Aerospace to develop six technology system packages its Alice all-electric commuter aircraft, including cockpit controls, the flap system, thermal management system.

The hydrogen-electric aircraft developer ZeroAvia has raised an additional $30 million from new investors, the company announced July 20 at the Farnborough International Airshow. These investors include Barclays Sustainable Impact Capital, the Saudi tech city Neom, and the Berlin-based technology fund AENU.

Supernal is teaming with Electric Power Systems to boost battery technologies for eVTOL air taxis. The companies plan to work together to accelerate the development of lightweight eVTOL batteries and to enable longer, more affordable air taxi flights while continuing to improve vehicle performance as the urban air mobility market matures.

The Canadian aviation company Avmax Aircraft Leasing has signed a deal with Universal Hydrogen to convert 20 regional airliners—the ATR 72-600 and Dash 8-300—to run on “green” hydrogen, the companies announced on Tuesday.

Embraer is expanding its partnerships with BAE Systems under memoranda of understanding signed on Tuesday during the 2022 Farnborough International Airshow to explore defense and security applications for the Eve eVTOL.

Aviation training group CAE is developing a flight trainer to address the emerging needs of the advanced air mobility (AAM) sector, and it has partnered with Piper Aircraft to develop a supplemental type certificate (STC) for an electric powerplant conversion of the single-engine Piper PA-28-181 Archer light airplane, the companies announced Tuesday at the F