Using Redundancy and Risk Awareness to Improve UAM Network Design

By Aaliyah Mora-Khan | September 22, 2024

In their study, “Risk-aware urban air mobility network design with overflow redundancy,” University of Texas at Austion professors John-Paul Clarke and Ufuk Topcu, along with their postdoctoral fellows, Qinshuang Wei, and Zhenyu Gao, have devised a plan for urban air mobility (UAM) network design that factors in reserve capacity that takes into account alternative landing…

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AAM by the Numbers

By Dave Clarke | September 15, 2024

Forgive the dated metaphor, but the advanced air mobility (AAM) market is picking up steam and over the next eight years or so is expected to achieve market growth valuations even the tech industry would be envious of. At AAM Today, we’ve pulled together some of the key figures to help put into perspective what…

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Take Charge! Putting the e in eVTOL

By Dave Clarke | August 24, 2024

In their research paper, “Novel battery power capability assessment for improved eVTOL aircraft landing,” researchers Ollie Hatherall, Anup Barai, Mona Faraji Niri, and James Marco from the Energy Innovation Centre, WMG, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom and Zeyuan Wang from Vertical Aerospace Group Ltd in Bristol, United Kingdom sought to find innovative ways to develop a power testing capability testing framework. They sought…

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For UAM to Do Good, First Design Your VTOLs Right

By Kilgore Bass | August 11, 2024

Early planning, beginning in the design phase of aircraft development is key to having a finished project that meets public service operators’ needs.

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Take Charge! Putting the e in eVTOL

By Dave Clarke | August 24, 2024 | Comments Off on Take Charge! Putting the e in eVTOL

In their research paper, “Novel battery power capability assessment for improved eVTOL aircraft landing,” researchers Ollie Hatherall, Anup Barai, Mona Faraji Niri, and James Marco from the Energy Innovation Centre, WMG, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom and Zeyuan Wang from Vertical Aerospace Group Ltd in Bristol, United Kingdom sought to find innovative ways to develop a power testing capability testing framework. They sought…

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