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GTL Announces Pioneering Validation of LH2 Composite Dewar-Tanks for Aviation Applications

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Other Manufacturing, Engineering, Technology, Air, Aerospace, Transport, Manufacturing, Other Technology, Safety, LH2, Temperature, Carbon, Hydrogen, Research, History, VFS, Parity, Allegis Group, GTL, Jet fuel

Recognized for a strong history of transformational innovation in the aerospace industry, GTL President Paul Gloyer will share in-depth results from the successful validation testing of its small subscale composite vacuum jacketed dewar-tank with liquid hydrogen (LH2).

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  • Recognized for a strong history of transformational innovation in the aerospace industry, GTL President Paul Gloyer will share in-depth results from the successful validation testing of its small subscale composite vacuum jacketed dewar-tank with liquid hydrogen (LH2).
  • The GTL composite LH2 dewar-tank test results surpassed expectations.
  • This allowed the GTL dewar-tank to hold LH2 for over 21 hours, at -430 degrees Fahrenheit, while remaining leak tight with minimal hydrogen permeation.
  • GTL is now proceeding with the fabrication of flight prototypes of the small composite LH2 dewar-tank,” said GTL President Paul Gloyer .

Volvo Financial Services, JA Worldwide Expand Partnership, Bringing Financial Literacy Education to More Youth

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Thursday, March 28, 2024
EUR, Volvo, Organization, VFS, Partnership, Education, Sustainable Development Goals, JA, Entrepreneurship, Teaching, Volunteering, Student, Woman, Volvo Financial Services, Curriculum, Multimedia, Nasdaq Stockholm, Tourism

GREENSBORO, N.C., March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Volvo Financial Services (VFS) today announced a continuation of its partnership with JA (Junior Achievement) Worldwide through 2025, bringing financial literacy skills and knowledge to even more youth around the world.

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  • GREENSBORO, N.C., March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Volvo Financial Services (VFS) today announced a continuation of its partnership with JA (Junior Achievement) Worldwide through 2025, bringing financial literacy skills and knowledge to even more youth around the world.
  • VFS and JA established their partnership in 2022, with VFS employee volunteers and JA educators working together to bring financial literacy skills to youth through JA's proven curriculum.
  • "Renewing and expanding our partnership with VFS will enable even more Volvo volunteers to serve as financial mentors and role models to JA students.
  • Strong financial literacy skills makes a positive impact on several SDGs, including helping empowering women and girls and supporting quality education.

Volvo Financial Services, JA Worldwide Expand Partnership, Bringing Financial Literacy Education to More Youth

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Thursday, March 28, 2024
EUR, Volvo, Organization, VFS, Partnership, Education, Sustainable Development Goals, JA, Entrepreneurship, Teaching, Volunteering, Student, Woman, Volvo Financial Services, Curriculum, Nasdaq Stockholm, Tourism

GREENSBORO, N.C., March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Volvo Financial Services (VFS) today announced a continuation of its partnership with JA (Junior Achievement) Worldwide through 2025, bringing financial literacy skills and knowledge to even more youth around the world.

Key Points: 
  • GREENSBORO, N.C., March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Volvo Financial Services (VFS) today announced a continuation of its partnership with JA (Junior Achievement) Worldwide through 2025, bringing financial literacy skills and knowledge to even more youth around the world.
  • VFS and JA established their partnership in 2022, with VFS employee volunteers and JA educators working together to bring financial literacy skills to youth through JA's proven curriculum.
  • "Renewing and expanding our partnership with VFS will enable even more Volvo volunteers to serve as financial mentors and role models to JA students.
  • Strong financial literacy skills makes a positive impact on several SDGs, including helping empowering women and girls and supporting quality education.

Global Emerging eVTOL Technology Research Report 2023: Aircraft MRO Providers Expanding Service Capabilities to Include UAM MRO Operations - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Other Energy, Batteries, Alternative Energy, Energy, Transportation, Technology, Other Manufacturing, Travel, Other Transport, Air, Transport, Manufacturing, VFS, MRO, Growth, UAM, Vertical Flight Society, Urban Air Mobility, ICE, AAM, Certification

The "Emerging eVTOL Technology: Creating Growth Opportunities in the Urban Air Mobility Landscape" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • The "Emerging eVTOL Technology: Creating Growth Opportunities in the Urban Air Mobility Landscape" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • This study compares the maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) elements of ICE and eVTOL aircraft, assessing the operational cost feasibility of eVTOL aircraft, and concluding with growth opportunities in the emerging eVTOL aircraft space.
  • Owing to limited data on the operational costs of eVTOL aircraft and their composition, this study details the modeling approach to derive operational cost estimates.
  • However, due to the fundamental design differences in eVTOL versus ICE aircraft, this is a particular area of major growth opportunities in the emerging UAM space.

Vertical Flight Society to Hold World's Largest and Longest Running Electric VTOL Symposium Next Month

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Aircraft, Research, Social media, Archer Aviation, Piasecki Aircraft, Mastodon, Joby Aviation, Knowledge, Society, NASA, History, Government, Wisk Aero, Vertical Flight Society, Noise, Acoustics, Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, Federal Aviation Administration, Asian literature, Honeywell, VIP, VFS, Beta Technologies, DARPA, ONERA, Vimeo, Pivotal, AAM, United States Air Force, Boeing, Electricity, University, United States Army, EASA, JAXA, AIR, State, Conference, Aviation, TVF, News, Airline

FAIRFAX, Va., Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Vertical Flight Society (VFS), the world's leading non-profit organization working to advance vertical flight technology, announces today that its annual conference on electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft will be the world's largest event ever on the emerging industry.

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  • The packed agenda has nearly 150 total speakers in 3 tracks, plus 37 exhibitors, including two eVTOL aircraft on display.
  • This 11th Annual Electric VTOL Symposium — being held Feb. 6–8 in Santa Clara, California, as part of the VFS Transformative Vertical Flight 2024 — is the world's largest and longest-running event focusing on the incredible promise, progress and challenges of eVTOL aircraft.
  • This is the world's only event focused on advancing the understanding of aeromechanics of helicopters and other vertical flight aircraft.
  • VFS has been the world's largest technical community of engineers, technologists and specialists developing vertical flight aircraft for more than 80 years.

Vertical Flight Society Selects Boeing's Brahmananda Panda for the Prestigious 2024 Nikolsky Lectureship

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Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey, DARPA, Lecturer, Lecture, Vibration, UAS, Research, United States Army, Boeing CH-47 Chinook, Vertical Flight Society, Doctor of Philosophy, AHS, JMR, Society, University, Knowledge, Safety, RCAS, Vulture, VFS, Joint, Social media, Giant panda, Vimeo, Boeing AH-64 Apache, Journal

FAIRFAX, Va., Jan. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Vertical Flight Society, the world's leading professional society dedicated to advancing vertical flight, announced today that Boeing's Dr. Brahmananda Panda has been selected for the 2024 Alexander A. Nikolsky Honorary Lectureship. The Lectureship is awarded to "an individual who has a highly distinguished career in vertical flight aircraft research and development and is skilled at communicating technical knowledge and experience." His Nikolsky Lecture is entitled, "Rotorcraft Aeromechanics Methodology and its Application to Rotor Dynamics, Loads, Vibration and Aeroelastic Stability at Boeing."

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  • Boeing's Dr. Brahmananda Panda has been selected for the 2024 Alexander A. Nikolsky Honorary Lectureship.
  • FAIRFAX, Va., Jan. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Vertical Flight Society, the world's leading professional society dedicated to advancing vertical flight, announced today that Boeing's Dr. Brahmananda Panda has been selected for the 2024 Alexander A. Nikolsky Honorary Lectureship.
  • The Lectureship is awarded to "an individual who has a highly distinguished career in vertical flight aircraft research and development and is skilled at communicating technical knowledge and experience."
  • The Vertical Flight Society — founded in 1943 as the American Helicopter Society — is the global professional society for engineers, scientists and others working on vertical flight technology.

VFS INVESTIGATION ALERT: Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP Announces Investigation into VinFast Auto Ltd. and Encourages Investors with Substantial Losses or Witnesses with Relevant Information to Contact the Firm

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Thursday, November 16, 2023
VFS, Acquisition, SAN, VinFast, Pharmaceutical industry

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP announces an investigation into potential violations of U.S. federal securities laws involving VinFast Auto Ltd. (NASDAQ: VFS; VFSWW) focused on whether VinFast and certain of its top executives made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose material information to investors (the “VinFast Investigation”).

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  • SAN DIEGO, Nov. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP announces an investigation into potential violations of U.S. federal securities laws involving VinFast Auto Ltd. (NASDAQ: VFS; VFSWW) focused on whether VinFast and certain of its top executives made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose material information to investors (the “VinFast Investigation”).
  • THE COMPANY: VinFast Auto Ltd. – an automotive manufacturer doing business in Vietnam and the United States – previously operated as a blank check company, also referred to as a special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”).
  • THE INVESTIGATION: Since announcing the completion of the business combination, VinFast’s ordinary shares have traded as high as $82.35 per share.
  • As of the November 15, 2023 close, VinFast’s ordinary shares traded at $6.17 per share, a drop of more than 92%.

VFS INVESTIGATION NOTICE: Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP Announces Investigation into VinFast Auto Ltd. and Encourages Investors with Substantial Losses or Witnesses with Relevant Information to Contact the Firm

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Saturday, November 18, 2023
Class Action Lawsuit, Professional Services, Legal, VFS, Acquisition, VinFast

The law firm of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP announces an investigation into potential violations of U.S. federal securities laws involving VinFast Auto Ltd. (NASDAQ: VFS; VFSWW) focused on whether VinFast and certain of its top executives made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose material information to investors (the “VinFast Investigation”).

Key Points: 
  • The law firm of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP announces an investigation into potential violations of U.S. federal securities laws involving VinFast Auto Ltd. (NASDAQ: VFS; VFSWW) focused on whether VinFast and certain of its top executives made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose material information to investors (the “VinFast Investigation”).
  • THE COMPANY: VinFast Auto Ltd. – an automotive manufacturer doing business in Vietnam and the United States – previously operated as a blank check company, also referred to as a special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”).
  • THE INVESTIGATION: Since announcing the completion of the business combination, VinFast’s ordinary shares have traded as high as $82.35 per share.
  • As of the November 15, 2023 close, VinFast’s ordinary shares traded at $6.17 per share, a drop of more than 92%.

VFS Global and Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sign an exclusive Partnership Agreement Enhancing the eVisa Submission Experience

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Ministry, VFS, VFS Global, Collection, Government, Checklist, Foreign Affairs, Environmental governance in Brazil, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Emirates

The innovative eVisa platform was launched by VFS Global following a competitive tender awarded by the Brazil Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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  • The innovative eVisa platform was launched by VFS Global following a competitive tender awarded by the Brazil Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  • VFS Global successfully launched the eVisa platform within a three-week timeframe, meeting the specific requirements outlined by Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  • Applicants needing to apply for business or tourist visa to Brazil can apply for the eVisa via the VFS Global website.
  • VFS Global currently provides eVisa service for Azerbaijan, UAE (for Emirates passengers), Equatorial Guinea, Thailand, and South Africa (for Nigerian nationals).

AI Innovation for automated Detection and Classification of osteoporotic Fractures of the Spine in CT Scans - ImageBiopsy Lab launches IB Lab FLAMINGO

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Osteoporosis, RSNA, UCB, Gold, Abdomen, Spine, Bone fracture, Vertebral compression fracture, Patient, Orthopedic surgery, Radiation exposure, MSK, Medical Affairs Bureau, Fracture, Risk assessment, ZOO, Diagnosis, VFS, Partnership, Thorax, Pain, Hospital, AI, Physician, Quality of life, Dentistry, Medical imaging, Dietary supplement

IB Lab FLAMINGO analyzes any CT images of the upper extremities (thorax, abdomen) that include the spine.

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  • IB Lab FLAMINGO analyzes any CT images of the upper extremities (thorax, abdomen) that include the spine.
  • Developed by UCB , a global biopharmaceutical company, IB Lab FLAMINGO is integrated into ImageBiopsy Lab 's ZOO MSK platform, targeting hospitals to reduce overlooked spinal fractures and support early diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis.
  • VIENNA, Nov. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ImageBiopsy Lab, a pioneer in medical imaging, introduces IB Lab FLAMINGO at this year's RSNA conference.
  • Utilizing the gold standard Genant classification, IB Lab FLAMINGO highlights relevant fractures and empowers proactive treatment for healthcare professionals.