by Nikos Chatzis | 27 Oct, 2021 | Advanced Air Mobility / Urban Air Mobility (AAM) (UAM), Aviation Technology, Battery Technology, eVTOL, Geopolitics
“…Aeroporti di Roma, Aeroporto di Venezia, Aeroports de la Cote d’Azur and Aeroporto Guglielmo Marconi di Bologna together for the building and management of vertiports Urban Blue, a project focused on sustainable mobility set up by Aeroporti di Roma,...
by Nikos Chatzis | 26 Oct, 2021 | Advanced Air Mobility / Urban Air Mobility (AAM) (UAM), Aviation Technology, Battery Technology, eVTOL, Geopolitics
“…U.K.-based eVTOL developer Vertical Aerospace has announced a collaboration with London’s Heathrow Airport to explore how Vertical’s VA-X4 aircraft could operate from Heathrow by the mid-2020s. The partners will study how Vertical’s electric air taxis...
by Nikos Chatzis | 25 Oct, 2021 | Advanced Air Mobility / Urban Air Mobility (AAM) (UAM), Artificial Intelligence, Aviation Technology, Drones' Technology Management
“…On September 15, 2021, Textron eAviation revealed a passenger electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) concept design at a presentation provided by Rob Scholl, senior vice president for Textron eAviation, on Sept. 15, 2021 at the JetNet iQ Summit...
by Nikos Chatzis | 25 Oct, 2021 | Advanced Air Mobility / Urban Air Mobility (AAM) (UAM), Aviation Technology, Battery Technology, Drones' Technology Management, Geopolitics
“…Mesa and Flirtey are initially focusing on the last-mile food delivery industry, enabling Mesa to expand beyond the global airlines market and into the global foodservice market. The immediate goal of the partnership is to conduct commercial drone...
by Nikos Chatzis | 24 Oct, 2021 | Advanced Air Mobility / Urban Air Mobility (AAM) (UAM), Artificial Intelligence, Drones' Technology Management, Geopolitics
“…In March Patently Apple posted an IP report titled “Apple has Won a Patent relating to Drones, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles,” and more importantly relating to drones connected to cellular networks. Below is Apple’s patent FIG. 9 from the March patent that...
by Nikos Chatzis | 23 Oct, 2021 | Advanced Air Mobility / Urban Air Mobility (AAM) (UAM), Aviation Technology, Drones' Technology Management, Electric Aircraft, Geopolitics
“…While orbiting south of the runway in preparation for landing, both the unmanned aircraft’s engines shut down unexpectedly. The External Pilot on the ground, who was visual with the aircraft, took control and landed it without further incident. The...