As commercial manned air travel seems ever more uncomfortable for the average flyer, Joby and Skyports Develop Living Lab for Urban Air Mobility to make the terminal experience better for passengers. by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Continue reading below, or listen: “Our all-electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft …
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Skyportz Opens Global Vertiport Database, Reveals Modular Vertiport Design by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby This week, electric air taxi developer Skyportz opened its property partner database globally, allowing for registrations from potential vertiport locations anywhere in the world. Continue reading below, or listen: Additionally, the World Air Taxi …
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ConOps for eVTOL: Wisk Aero and Skyports Partner to Integrate eVTOL Operations at Vertiports Today, Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) leader Wisk Aero announced a partnership with vertiport leader Skyports for the integration of autonomous, electric, vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft operations at vertiports (landing sites for eVTOL aircraft) and …
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Can Urban Air Mobility thrive without better infrastructure? In this Op-Ed, Brent Klavon discusses the urgent need for vertiport automation. The following guest post is an original op-ed from Brent Klavon, Vice President at ANRA Technologies. DRONELIFE neither makes nor accepts payment for guest posts. Are Vertiports the Weakest Link in …
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What is a vertiport, exactly, and how should vertiport technology be integrated into the current transportation infrastructure? More than 70 representatives from the FAA, NASA, and industry gathered earlier this month to “further develop a strategic plan that supports NASA’s advanced air mobility (AAM) efforts,” says a NUAIR press release. …
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Will the urban air mobility market be worth $9 Billion by 2030? A new research report predicts that it will – has a few more surprise predictions about the segment. The report “Urban Air Mobility Market by Component (Infrastructure, Platform), Platform Operation (Piloted, Autonomous), Range (Intercity, Intracity), Platform Architecture, Unmanned …
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EHang continues to gain momentum towards widespread implementation of urban air mobility in Europe. EHang, the world’s leading autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) platform, announced the latest progress under it’s urban air mobility (UAM) pilot city partnership with Linz, Austria. Aerospace solutions company FACC and LINZ AG have deep expertise in …
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