by Nikos Chatzis | 21 Jun, 2026 | Advanced Air Mobility / Urban Air Mobility (AAM) (UAM), Air Mobility Initiative (AIM), Artificial Intelligence, Defense & Security, Drones' Technology Management, Electric Aircraft, Electric Aviation, eSTOL, eVTOL, Geopolitics, Investing in Unmanned Aviation, Military UAS Technology, UAS Investment, UAV, UAVs, UCAV, UnManned Aerial Vehicles, War, Τεχνολογία Αεροσκαφών
The global drone industry has evolved from a niche aerospace segment into one of the most dynamic technology ecosystems of the twenty-first century. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), including small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS), commercial drones, tactical military drones, and Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) platforms, now play an increasingly important role in economic development, national security, infrastructure management, environmental monitoring, logistics, agriculture, and intelligence gathering. The next five years are likely to witness a transformation comparable to the early development of the internet ecosystem, where value creation increasingly shifts from hardware toward software, services, data analytics, and integrated operational platforms.
by Nikos Chatzis | 15 Jun, 2026 | Advanced Air Mobility / Urban Air Mobility (AAM) (UAM), Drones' Technology Management, eVTOL, Geopolitics
Καθώς η ζήτηση για επιστημονικά ακριβείς, αλλά οικονομικά αποδοτικές μεθόδους μεταβολής του καιρού (weather modification) συνεχίζει ν’ αυξάνεται, τα μη επανδρωμένα εναέρια συστήματα α/φών αντικαθιστούν σταδιακά κι εναλλακτικά τις παραδοσιακές επανδρωμένες πτήσεις...
by Nikos Chatzis | 16 Feb, 2025 | Advanced Air Mobility / Urban Air Mobility (AAM) (UAM), Air Mobility Initiative (AIM), Archer, eVTOL, Γεωπολιτική
Archer announced it has raised $300 million, further reinforcing Archer’s strong financial position and strategically positioning it to accelerate the development of its hybrid aircraft platform for the defense market and beyond. Leading institutional investors...
by Nikos Chatzis | 28 Jan, 2023 | Air Mobility Initiative (AIM), eVTOL, Geopolitics
“…Archer Aviation and Joby Aviation executives reiterated ambitious schedules for bringing their eVTOL aircraft to market, but also acknowledged challenges to achieving plans to enter air taxi service in 2025. The California advanced air mobility...
by Nikos Chatzis | 27 Dec, 2022 | Advanced Air Mobility / Urban Air Mobility (AAM) (UAM), eVTOL, Geopolitics, NASA
“…Tabletop exercises allow researchers to explore options and test scenarios in fields from military strategy and cybersecurity to disaster response planning. Now, NASA is using tabletop exercises to test how electric air taxis will fit safely into the...
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...