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Is Low SWaP-C Radar the Key to Urban Air Mobility?

Low SWaP-C radar will facilitate the development of a feasible detect and avoid system and accelerate autonomous urban air mobility.

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Chart of urban air mobility aircraft ranges

How Far Will Your UAM Aircraft Fly?

eVOLs, next-generation range rovers for the sky

Where UAM aircraft ranges in miles are at right now and how emerging technologies may improve UAM aircraft ranges.

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Diagram of Advanced Air Mobility components.

Artificial Intelligence and Urban Air Mobility

UAM + AI = A Winning Combination?

In director Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 dystopian film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Man (astronaut, Dr. Dave Bowman) and Machine (the spaceship’s computer system, the “heuristically programmed algorithmic computer system” aka HAL) face off over control of the ship and the astronaut’s fate. As HAL’s artificial intelligence (AI) system develops a “mind of its own,” HAL’s interests…

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A flying car passes by the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Can You Afford a Flying Car?

(Probably Not.)

When will the cost of flying cars (VTOLs) be affordable? It may be a moot point.

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UAM By the Numbers in the EU

EASA Survey Says…

The European Aviation and Space Agency (EASA) surveyed EU citizens and found they, in general, had positive feelings about integrating urban air mobility into their lives.

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Diagram illustrating issues with unmanned aircraft systems.

UAS Deconfliction: A Strategic Plan

As millions of drones take to the air, how do we keep them from crashing?

The sky’s the limit, as the saying goes. Well, as it turns out, with millions of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) soon to take to the air for everything from small package delivery to surveillance and military actions, the sky is, in fact, limited. To prepare, aviation regulators around the globe are setting the stage —…

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