by Nikos Chatzis | 12 Dec, 2022 | Advanced Air Mobility / Urban Air Mobility (AAM) (UAM), Air Mobility Initiative (AIM), eVTOL, Geopolitics
“…Airnova, a vertiport company headquartered in Bordeaux, France, has launched a €3 million (US$3.2 million) fundraising campaign to develop what could be the first vertiport network connecting all the main cities in France. The company’s founder has...
by Nikos Chatzis | 11 Dec, 2022 | Advanced Air Mobility / Urban Air Mobility (AAM) (UAM), Air Mobility Initiative (AIM), eVTOL, Geopolitics, NASA
This air flow visualization shows the vortex wake for NASA’s six-passenger tiltwing concept Advanced Air Mobility vehicle in cruise or “airplane-mode.” This image reveals the complexity of the flow for a tiltwing multi-rotor configuration, where many rotors interact...
by Nikos Chatzis | 30 Nov, 2022 | Geopolitics
Οι ενδιάμεσες εκλογές του Νοεμβρίου για την ανανέωση του συνόλου των 435 εδρών της Βουλής των Αντιπροσώπων και των 35 από τις 100 έδρες της Γερουσίας είχαν δημιουργήσει προσδοκίες στο Ρεπουμπλικανικό Κόμμα για ανατροπή του σκηνικού, καθώς οι ψηφοφόροι θα προσέρχονταν...
by Nikos Chatzis | 5 Oct, 2022 | Geopolitics
ΗΠΑ: Ενδιάμεσες εκλογές για το Κογκρέσο – Νίκος ΧατΖής Ακραία προεκλογική πόλωση, εσωστρέφεια και διεθνής γεωπολιτική αστάθεια… Το προεκλογικό περιβάλλον της ακραίας πολιτικής σύγκρουσης για τις ενδιάμεσες εκλογές του Κογκρέσου, ενισχύει τη γεωπολιτική αστάθεια,...
by Nikos Chatzis | 2 Oct, 2022 | Air Mobility Initiative (AIM), eVTOL, Geopolitics
“…eVTOL aircraft will soon transform the skies above, but who will fly these new and novel vehicles, what skills will they need, and how will they be trained to operate platforms that feature new levels of automation? This is the question behind a current...
by Nikos Chatzis | 20 Sep, 2022 | Electric Aviation, eVTOL, Geopolitics, UAV
“…The Bell Nexus program featured prominently in the eVTOL landscape as one of the preferred platforms for what was Uber Elevate seemed to lose some traction in the past few years. However, it would be almost unthinkable that the Textron group, as pioneers...
by Nikos Chatzis | 17 Sep, 2022 | Defense & Security, Drones' Technology Management, Geopolitics
“…Northrop Grumman Corporation has unveiled Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton autonomous aircraft during a ceremony at its high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) aircraft production site in California. The event, attended by Australian, U.S. government and...
by Nikos Chatzis | 13 Sep, 2022 | Advanced Air Mobility / Urban Air Mobility (AAM) (UAM), Air Mobility Initiative (AIM), Artificial Intelligence, Battery Technology, Electric Aviation, eVTOL, Geopolitics
“…Australian company Skyportz has identified 400 sites in the country as possible locations for vertiports once advanced air mobility (AAM) arrives in the region. Skyportz released the design for Australia’s first vertiport at the Caribbean Park business...
by Nikos Chatzis | 9 Sep, 2022 | Advanced Air Mobility / Urban Air Mobility (AAM) (UAM), Air Mobility Initiative (AIM), Aviation Technology, Battery Technology, Electric Aviation, eVTOL, Geopolitics
United Airlines backs Eve Air Mobility with $15M investment “United [Airlines] has made early investments in several cutting-edge technologies at all levels of the supply chain, staking out our position as a leader in aviation sustainability and innovation,” said...
by Nikos Chatzis | 5 Sep, 2022 | Geopolitics
Ένα παράδοξο εξελίχθηκε μέσα στον Αύγουστο, καθώς Τούρκοι αξιωματούχοι επισκέπτονταν την Ουάσινγκτον για συνομιλίες με την κυβέρνηση Μπάιντεν για την προώθηση της απόκτησης 40 νέων μαχητικών F-16 Block 70 και τον εκσυγχρονισμό 80 υφιστάμενων μαχητικών της Τουρκικής...