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Getting Together – UAMs and NAS
Should the U.S. begin integrating UAM vehicles into the NAS now?
Writing in the Texas A&M Law Arguendo, Robert Notari, a Juris Doctor candidate, helicopter pilot, and certified flight instructor, raises the questions “AUTONOMY NOW?: IS IT TIME TO START INTEGRATING (AUTONOMOUS) URBAN AIR MOBILITY VEHICLES INTO THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM?” Inasmuch as auto manufacturers have yet to master autonomous-driving vehicles, it may be premature to ask…
The Upside of Dispensing with Downwash
Australian advanced air mobility infrastructure developer Skyportz reveals a new vertipad design.
While exhibiting at the Avalon International Airshow in Melbourne, Skyportz, the Australian developer of ground-based infrastructure for the impending advanced air mobility (AAM) revolution, revealed its innovative vertipad design which mitigates eVTOL downwash and outwash. A study conducted by Professor Justin Leontini of the Department of Mechanical and Product Design Engineering at Swinburne University of…
Swatting Down Drone Swarms
Countermeasures Militaries Can Take Against This Latest Battlefield Threat
Advanced vehicular capabilities combined with a significant reduction in the cost of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), aka drones, have created a dangerous and difficult-to-counter military menace. Writing in the Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies, Matthieu J. Guitton, a faculty member at Université Laval in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, provides a summary of the nature of…
What Can UAM Operators Do to Ensure They Gain Passengers’ Acceptance of Air Taxis?
Communicate, communicate, communicate
A study conducted by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) reveals what is and isn’t important to gain passengers’ acceptance of urban air mobility (UAM) air taxi services. While the flights were simulated, the sentiments expressed were real. The researchers set up a mixed reality (MR) Air Taxi Simulator merging a real-world environment with a computer-generated…
So, You Want to Build a Vertiport. Here’s What It Will Cost to Build and Operate One
With AAM on the horizon, places from which to take off and land your eVTOLs and UAVs are a key component of the infrastructure
Whether for passenger transportation, package delivery, emergency services, military, civil defense missions, industrial, or agricultural purposes, the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) transportation sector in development will need departure and arrival facilities for the aircraft operating in this space. According to a report entitled “The global vertiport market map and forecast 2024–2028,” compiled by the Global AAM/UAM…
What Can UAM Operators Do to Ensure They Gain Passengers’ Acceptance of Air Taxis?
Communicate, communicate, communicate
A study conducted by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) reveals what is and isn’t important to gain passengers’ acceptance of urban air mobility (UAM) air taxi services. While the flights were simulated, the sentiments expressed were real. The researchers set up a mixed reality (MR) Air Taxi Simulator merging a real-world environment with a computer-generated…