by Nikos Chatzis | 21 Jan, 2023 | Advanced Air Mobility / Urban Air Mobility (AAM) (UAM), Air Mobility Initiative (AIM), Aviation Technology, eVTOL, Geopolitics
“…During the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Rotorcraft and VTOL Symposium last year, Richard Brown, founder and chief technology officer of Sophrodyne Aerospace, gave a captivating talk on the susceptibility of eVTOL aircraft to vortex ring...
by Nikos Chatzis | 15 Jan, 2023 | Advanced Air Mobility / Urban Air Mobility (AAM) (UAM), Electric Aircraft, Electric Aviation, eVTOL, Geopolitics
“…U.K.-based Vertical Aerospace is one of the front-runners in the eVTOL industry, recently stepping up its flight test activities with its VX4 eVTOL prototype last year. As the company plans to progress through its flight test campaign in 2023, we spoke...
by Nikos Chatzis | 4 Jan, 2023 | Geopolitics
Παρά το γεγονός ότι το αποτέλεσμα των Δημοκρατικών στις ενδιάμεσες εκλογές για το Κογκρέσο που πραγματοποιήθηκαν τον περασμένο Νοέμβριο, ενίσχυσε το πολιτικό προφίλ του προέδρου Τζο Μπάιντεν, κυρίως μέσω της διατήρησης της πλειοψηφίας του Δημοκρατικού Κόμματος στην...
by Nikos Chatzis | 3 Jan, 2023 | Geopolitics
Οι προκλήσεις της Τουρκίας κατά της Ελλάδας συνεχίζονται σε όλα τα μέτωπα, με έμφαση στη διαστρέβλωση της αλήθειας και στην άσκηση μιας προκλητικής προπαγάνδας*, ώστε η Άγκυρα να εμφανιστεί ως “θύμα”, ενώ η ίδια παραβιάζει συστημικά, απειλεί και δεν...
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 | 20 Dec, 2022 | Air Mobility Initiative (AIM), Electric Aircraft, Electric Aviation, Geopolitics
“…Beta Technologies recently conducted the second multi-mission flight of its electric Alia aircraft, providing an opportunity to test recent advances in Beta’s charging network, the company said. The journey took place over several flights, comprising 876...