Vertiports to Fly For (and To and From)
As advanced air mobility (AAM) moves closer to reality, an integral component of the infrastructure supporting it will be the vertiports where the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles will depart from and arrive to. A quartet of researchers from the University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have developed a performance-based…
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The AAM Commuter: Fly me to work — and back
It’s been said that ‘Time is money.’ This is perhaps most relevant when it comes to the daily commute many people experience getting to and from work. The promise of time savings by commuting via advanced air mobility (AAM) piqued the interest of four researchers, three from the University of Illinois, Chicago, United States, and…
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Putting AAM on a fast flight path to operational success
Sean P. Duffy, the U.S. Transportation Secretary, recently announced a pilot program within the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to hasten the deployment of advanced air mobility vehicles. The program, the Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) will facilitate the public-private partnerships with state and local governments and private sector companies to build…
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Arizona Enacts Legislation to Plan for and Establish Legal Guidelines to Support AAM
Beginning September 26, 2025, Arizona Senate Bill (S.B.) 1307 takes effect, laying the groundwork for the impending revolution in air travel and transportation that is advanced air mobility (AAM). The bill’s predominant features include: Dedicated liaison — Arizona’s Department of Transportation (ADOT) will appoint an Advanced Air Mobility Specialist whose job it will be to…
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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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