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Sub-gram Helicopters
UAVs Using a Miniature Flybar Prove Small Is Beautiful and Quite Useful
Scientists are developing helicopters smaller than some gnats to aid in future rescue missions and more.
Urban Air Mobility + Artificial Intelligence
The sum is greater than its parts
Take a minute to watch the opening scene from the 1952 Superman TV series. Writing in Cyient, Ajay Lohany, formerly with the Indian Air Force, outlines how those superhuman abilities Superman possessed (“faster than a speeding bullet,” “more powerful than a locomotive”) can align to improve aviation as urban air mobility (UAM) and artificial intelligence (AI) join…
Rich Man, Poor Man
For Whom Will eVTOLs Fly – and Where?
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
How drones are shaping the world, today and tomorrow
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?
Will Your Evtol Soon Be Powered by Sand?
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
Preparing for the reality of AAM
Public awareness of advanced air mobility (AAM) is not keeping pace with the achievements of eVTOL manufacturers.