by Nikos Chatzis | 21 Dec, 2021 | Advanced Air Mobility / Urban Air Mobility (AAM) (UAM), Airbus, Aviation Technology, Battery Technology, eVTOL, Geopolitics
Eric Ferreira da Silva, head of engineering of urban air mobility (UAM) at Airbus Helicopters. In the fast-paced world of UAM, a lot has changed since. The CityAirbus demonstrator has completed its flight test campaign, and the data from this program adds to what...
by Nikos Chatzis | 13 Dec, 2021 | Advanced Air Mobility / Urban Air Mobility (AAM) (UAM), eVTOL, Geopolitics, Industry 4.0
“…German-based Volocopter has created a VoloPort handbook detailing its design plans for urban air mobility The company said the VoloPort design concepts will be offered to those interested in partnering with Volocopter to build and operate UAM...
by Nikos Chatzis | 3 Dec, 2021 | Advanced Air Mobility / Urban Air Mobility (AAM) (UAM), Battery Technology, eVTOL, Geopolitics
“…A first series of test flights with drones got underway in November in Rzeszów, Poland, as part of the SESAR JU Uspace4UAM large-scale demonstration. The project is receiving funding from the SESAR Joint Undertaking under the EU Horizon 2020 research and...
by Nikos Chatzis | 18 Sep, 2021 | Advanced Air Mobility / Urban Air Mobility (AAM) (UAM), Electric Aircraft, Geopolitics, Τεχνολογία Αεροσκαφών
“…15 September 2021: We are pleased to announce the completion of the first flight of our all-electric ‘Spirit of Innovation’ aircraft. At 14:56 (BST) the plane took to the skies propelled by its powerful 400kW (500+hp) electric powertrain with the most...
by Nikos Chatzis | 18 Jul, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Aviation Technology, Drones' Technology Management, Geopolitics, UAVs, UnManned Aerial Vehicles, ΣΜΗΕΑ
“…NASA’s vision for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Mission is to help emerging aviation markets to safely develop an air transportation system that moves people and cargo between places previously not served or underserved by aviation – local, regional,...