REDONDO BEACH, CA—Northrop Grumman Corp. has been awarded a contract by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency to design an autonomous vertical takeoff and landing uncrewed aircraft system capable of operating from a moving U.S. Navy ship at sea.

LONDON—Demand for electrified off-highway power train componets will grow from $9 billion in 2023 to $17 billion by the end of this decade.

AMSTERDAM—Stellantis has unveiled a new flexible EV platform dubbed STLA Medium.

CAMBRIDGE, England—European engineers typically favor nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) for construction equipment applications, while their counterparts in China tend to prefer lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries.

SANTA MATEO, CA—Alef Aeronautics Inc. has received a Special Airworthiness Certification for its flying car from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.

PRINCETON, NJ—The best U.S. cities for new electric vehicle factories are Charleston, SC; Chattanooga, TN; and Minden, NV, according to a recent study conducted by the Boyd Co.

LEIPZIG, Germany—BMW’s first cell coating line for EV battery manufacturing has begun operation at the carmaker’s assembly plant here.

AUSTIN, TX—John Goodenough, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Texas who pioneered lithium-ion battery technology, has passed away.

LOCUST GROVE, GA—Automotive parts manufacturer NVH Korea will invest $72 million to build a new assembly plant here. The factory is expected to create more than 160  jobs.

WOODRUFF, SC—BMW Group has begun building a state-of-the-art battery factory here.