** Shares of air taxi maker LILM.O up 3.3% at $2.81
premarket
** LILM says agreed for a research and development
collaboration agreement with Livent Corp LTHM.N
** Agreement to give LILM access to high-performance battery
cell technology that will power co's jets - Lilium
** Livent supplies lithium to electric vehicle brands and
battery makers
** Earlier this week, LILM picked aerospace component maker
Aernnova to collaborate on its jet's propulsion mounting system
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** Up to Thursday's close, stock had fallen about 61% YTD
(Reporting by Aishwarya Nair in Bengaluru)