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Vertiports to Fly For (and To and From)
Optimizing vertiports: A performance-based approach
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…
The AAM Commuter: Fly me to work — and back
A recent study revealed the potential benefits of commuting by AAM
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…
Putting AAM on a fast flight path to operational success
The U.S. Transportation Department is planning ways to implement AAM more quickly and safely
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…
Arizona Enacts Legislation to Plan for and Establish Legal Guidelines to Support AAM
The Grand Canyon State gears up for 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…
How Militaries Can Counter Drone Swarms
Writing in the Scandanavian Journal of Military Studies, Matthieu J. Guitton, a professor at Canada’s Laval University details how militaries can implement countermeasures against drones and drone strikes. Drones are not without weaknesses. Several strategies can be used by soldiers to disable or destroy enemy drones. However, no solution is perfect, and countermeasures can be…
Delayed Communications’ Effect on Advanced Air Mobility Cooperative Surveillance
Communication delays pose a a dangerous risk to AAM
By using a separation assurance and collision avoidance system which uses a unified analytical framework which leverages cooperative and non-cooperative sensory data to generate an avoidance volume which considers the performance of navigation and surveillance systems it is perhaps possible to address performance issues in data link and vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems. Writing in the June…