The Latest Advanced Air Mobility News
Rich Man, Poor Man
Let’s begin with the obvious: The extremely wealthy travel by private jet or limousine. Those traveling on commercial flights are literally divided into classes: first, business, and coach. Where the topography permits, e.g., in the continental U.S. and the European Union, the working class frequently travel by car or bus. There’s been much discussion about…
Novel Uses of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles
Urban air mobility (UAM) is coming. Advanced air mobility (AAM) is coming. Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) are here now. The following UAV manufacturers and component providers are preparing to use UAVs in novel ways to shape the skies today and create a sustainable, cost-effective, uncrewed tomorrow. Precision Crop Spraying Regina, Saskatechwan, Canada-based Precision AI has developed an artificial…
Is Sand the New Lithium?
The answer to powering Advanced Air Mobility may be shifting in a desert nearby. If you’ve ever walked barefoot on the beach on a hot day, you know you literally feel the heat. Heat is stored energy, stored energy that could be used to power homes, offices, cars (maybe even flying ones?!). Perhaps best of…
Before They Buy eVTOLs, People Need to “Buy Into” eVTOLs
Public awareness of advanced air mobility (AAM) is not keeping pace with the achievements of eVTOL manufacturers.
Advanced Air Mobility by the Numbers
Advanced air mobility is predicted to bring eVTOLs to the skies, jobs to the world, and significant economic development to global economies.
Advanced Air Mobility — By the Numbers in 2023
The latest statistics for the rapidly growing uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) market.
Recharging Your eVTOLs – Midair
Swapping batteries midair, or more precisely, as NASA engineers describe their plan, “Energy Augmentation Concepts for Advanced Air Mobility Vehicles,” (EACAAMV) is a scheme devised by eight NASA scientists to recharge (if that’s the right word) eVTOLs in midair. Kapil Sheth, Nhan Nguyen, Seth Schisler, Todd Stinchfield, Corey Ippolito (NASA Ames Research Center), David Pike…
Do You Know Your eVTOL’s PEX Factor?
Learn how eVTOL companies can best evaluate their aircraft’s design for optimal performance through using a PEX.
The Complexities of Operating High-Density Vertiplexes and How to Automate Them
NASA is prototyping and assessing Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Ecosystems.
Will Sodium-Ion Batteries Replace Lithium-Ion Batteries . . .
The ‘e’ in eVTOLs – electric – has, from the outset of advanced air mobility (AAM) relied on lithium-ion batteries to power the aircraft. But, if scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Seattle, Washington-based Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) succeed in their efforts to develop a sodium-ion battery, the result could be a real…
