RegulationEASA Releases Special Condition for Certifying Electric, Hybrid VTOL Aircraft The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has released what it calls the “first building block” to allowing the safe operation of hybrid and electric VTOL aircraft in Europe. The special condition,…
RegulationEuropean Aerospace Industry Association Forms Working Group on Urban Mobility The AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD Europe) has formed a working group on urban air mobility (UAM) and named Hervé Moran as its head. Moran is the chief of…
Business & GAPersonal Airline Exchange Orders 50 Ampaire Electric Aircraft for On-Demand Charter Service Just two weeks after Ampaire’s successful flight tests of its twin-engine hybrid-electric EEL commuter aircraft, Personal Airline Exchange (PAX) has placed an order for 50 of the retrofitted Cessna 337s, with an…
Embedded AvionicsThales Acquires Artificial Intelligence Company Psibernetix Bolstering its capabilities in artificial intelligence (AI), France's Thales said earlier this month that it acquired Ohio-based Psibernetix, which has developed processes that enable AI decisions to be mathematically verified and validated…
IIOTUber Announces Partners for Skyport Construction, Operations Uber announced a series of partnerships to tackle the infrastructure and operations challenges that surround the operation of air taxis in urban environments. To conduct skyport operations, Uber will partner with Signature…
IIOTUrban Air Mobility in Regulatory Infancy, Elwell Says While the buzz surrounding Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is ever louder, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acting Administrator Daniel Elwell on June 11 said his agency is taking a "crawl, walk, run"…
IIOTMelbourne Joins Dallas, L.A. as Third Uber Air Launch City Melbourne, Australia, is Uber’s third international pilot city for Uber Air, joining Dallas and Los Angeles as launch municipalities for the rideshare giant’s air taxi venture. “As a growing business, it was…
RegulationUrban Air Mobility in Regulatory Infancy, Elwell Says While the buzz surrounding Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is ever louder, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acting Administrator Daniel Elwell said on June 11 that his agency is taking a "crawl, walk, run"…