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...Nicholas Hawker, chief executive of Oxford-based start-up First Light Fusion, which is developing an approach similar to that used at NIF, described the potential breakthrough as “game-changing”....
...deliver between 30 and 100 times the energy used to start it, a fusion plant might generate electricity at a cost as low as $25 per megawatt hour, according to a paper for the Royal Society by Nicholas Hawker...
...Regional aviation group Surf Air Mobility went public through a direct listing on Thursday at less than half the valuation it received in a private transaction last month, in a deal that highlighted the...
...Gates’s biggest UK investments, for example, have been in retailer Carpetright, jet servicing group Signature Aviation and Bunzl, a distributor of disposable cutlery....
...The failure is being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration, with New Shepard grounded until the investigation is over....
...It is a similar idea to vertical take-off military jets such as the Hawker Siddeley Harrier and the Lockheed Martin F-35 strike fighter, but there are no widely used civil-aviation equivalents....
...The smaller size of the planes means that the kind of noise and pollution usually associated with aviation will not ruin your meal....
...The US Federal Aviation Administration says it is looking into safety concerns raised by 21 current and former employees at Blue Origin, the space exploration company owned by Jeff Bezos....
...In February, Blackstone and Global Infrastructure Partners made a similar move, ending a takeover battle for the UK-listed private jet services company Signature Aviation with a joint £3.5bn bid....
...Last week the company was granted the go-ahead by the US Federal Aviation Authority to put paying members of the public on board, paving the way for Branson’s long-awaited flight....
...The company was given the green light by the US Federal Aviation Administration last month to operate a commercial service, the final hurdle on the way to carrying up to six paying passengers on each of...
...The EU Aviation Safety Agency awarded it “type certification” in June last year — meaning it can be used in commercial operations and carry passengers....
...Carmakers, airlines and heavy industry all hit out at the proposals, which include a de facto ban on new diesel and petrol cars in the EU from 2035, a tax on aviation and maritime fuel, and the decision...
...Spacs as the route to a public listing through a blank-cheque shell company really gained altitude in the second half of last year, and while automotive tech companies have been much in vogue, aviation has...
...If it goes through, the deal with GE Capital Aviation Services will create the largest aircraft leasing business in the world, putting AerCap in an opportune position to take advantage of a travel recovery...
...He is also a regular at Geneva’s European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition....
...When Aviation was announced, people thought ‘it worked with Casamigos — maybe it’s going to work here’,” said Bernstein analyst Trevor Stirling....
...(Bloomberg) News round-up Blackstone in talks with private jet group Signature Aviation over £3bn deal (FT) Coinbase files for US listing in a first for a cryptocurrency exchange (FT + Lex + Alphaville...
...In Ireland, there is Merx Aviation, which provides finance leases for aircraft....
...One flying taxi scoop to start: LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and tech entrepreneur Mark Pincus are nearing a deal to merge their blank cheque company with Joby Aviation, valuing the flying taxi developer...
...On Tuesday Boeing received a boost when the Federal Aviation Administration announced its flight standardisation board had approved proposed new training for pilots....
...That is roughly the same as emissions from the aviation sector. In countries such as the US, where electricity usage is fairly flat, data centres are among the fastest growing sources of new demand....
...Law firm Reed Smith has hired Christopher Jackson and Adam Longney as partners in its London aviation group. Both join from REN Legal....
...fiscal and monetary stimulus programmes on a scale not seen since the second world war, ranging from central bank-backed credit facilities to loan guarantees and bailouts for industries including the US aviation...
...In fact he entered asset management after a long career in aviation, spending 25 years in the Omani air force and ending as its head....
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