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Australia's aviation regulator has granted Alauda Aeronautics an experimental certificate to fly its Airspeeder Mk4 racing eVTOL with a pilot aboard; Intel, Dell, AWS and Telstra back the series' computing and race-control systems.
Fleet Space Technologies has secured $150 million in a Series D round led by a Canadian pension fund, with existing backers Blackbird Ventures, Hostplus and Horizons Ventures also participating.
Satellite company Fleet Space has closed a Series D backed by Teachers' Venture Growth and prior backers, lifting its valuation past $800 million, with proceeds earmarked for its mineral-exploration platform.
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Fleet Space Technologies wins a 6.4 million dollar Defence Space Command contract to lead the ASCEND2LEO project, developing LEO satellite communications with a consortium including DSTG, University of South Australia, Rice Satcom and SmartSat CRC.
Adelaide multicopter maker Alauda has raised a seed round backed by Saltwater Capital, Jelix Ventures, EQUALS and DHL to develop its vehicle and flying car racing league, with manned test flights planned in South Australia later this year.