Urban Air Mobility
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…
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…
Going with the Flow: Minimizing Inflight Power Consumption in Shifting Wind Conditions
Sometimes your eVTOL will fly with the wind at your back. At other times, you will face headwinds. And, there will be times where a crosswind stands between you and your destination. These dynamic conditions will each challenge your electric power plan differently. But, with the right energy control system and knowledge of the environmental…
Getting It Together: eVTOLs, NAS, and U-space
The time to plan for integrating national air spaces and U-space is now
With funding from the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy, researchers from Airbus Urban Mobility GmbH and the Institute of Air Transportation Systems at Hamburg University of Technology have developed what they believe is a viable plan to integrate current national air spaces with the soon to be upon us, uncrewed air…
Doing the Math: Optimizing Routing and Scheduling for UAM Fleet Management Using Quantum Annealing
Finding the best solution to an optimization problem can help UAM operators
Writing in Scientific Reports, seven researchers from Japan’s Tohuku University and Sumitomo Corporation proposed a plan to optimize how urban air mobility (UAM) operators, infrastructure managers, and others in the UAM ecosystem manage routing and scheduling using quantum annealing. Quantum annealing, a quantum computing process, uses quantum fluctuations to find the best solution to an optimization…