RegulationASTM International Publishes New Standard for Designing Vertiports and Vertistops The standards development organization ASTM International recently published a new standard that provides guidance to states and municipalities for the design and development of vertiports. The unmanned aircraft systems committee at ASTM,…
Air TaxiArcher’s Design Team Shares Insights on “Midnight” eVTOL’s Interior and Exterior Archer Aviation recently revealed the name of its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, Midnight. While a detailed rendering of the aircraft has not yet been released, Archer shared a photo…
Air TaxiOdys Aviation’s Head of Product Talks Strategy for Hybrid-Electric VTOL Aircraft Odys Aviation is a startup that makes hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft targeting regional air mobility, including city-to-city travel. Because it is a hybrid system, the VTOL will have a…
AI & AutonomyResearchers Develop AI Pilot for Navigating Crowded Airspace Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have designed an AI (artificial intelligence) pilot that can navigate an aircraft through crowded airspace using visual flight rules (VFR). The AI pilot has been tested on…
Air TaxiRYSE Aero Conducts Manned eVTOL Test Flights and Explores Agricultural Applications for Ultralight Aircraft RYSE Aero Tech, electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) developer, announced this week that it has begun conducting manned test flights of its ultralight eVTOL, the RYSE RECON. The aircraft does not…
Air TaxiEve Plans to Conduct Passenger Flights with Helicopters in Urban Air Mobility Study Eve Holding, electric air taxi developer, announced this week that it will conduct an urban air mobility (UAM) simulation using Blade Air Mobility helicopters in September. The simulation will take place at…
UnmannedNew Drone Technologies Emerge for Low-Altitude Public Safety Applications Several companies developing next generation technologies for drones exhibited their solutions at the fourth annual UAS Public Safety Summit last week. The summit was focused on applications related to public safety that…
Air TaxiEHang Releases Q2 Financial Results Showing Increased Total Revenue and Net Loss of $11M Electric air taxi developer EHang announced financial results for the second quarter of 2022 on August 18, following financial updates from two other leading electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developers,…
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