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US Air Force and eVTOL company Archer enter into contracts worth up to $142M

Green Car Congress

The goal of the advisory board is to allow Archer to more fully engage with US government and public safety agencies to explore opportunities to commercialize its eVTOL aircraft. While piloting an MH60 Blackhawk in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993, he was shot down and captured, becoming part of the Blackhawk Down story by Mark Bowden.

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Satellite altimeter data study finds global ship traffic up 4x over past 20 years

Green Car Congress

Traffic went up in every ocean during the 20 years of the study, except off the coast of Somalia, where increasing piracy has almost completely halted commercial shipping since 2006. Shipping traffic grew even faster during the second decade of the study, peaking at rate of increase of 10% per year in 2011.

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Tesla shutting down Berlin factory for 2 weeks due to Red Sea shipping attacks

Baua Electric

In the years around 2010, piracy was a big issue off the Eastern coast of Africa and in the Gulf of Aden, particularly around Somalia, escalating during the Somali Civil War. We’ve heard about Red Sea supply disruptions before, but these are different than those we’ve experienced in the past.

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