Air TaxiUrban Air Mobility: eVTOLs or Mobility Infrastructure? Urban air mobility (UAM) is not air taxis, Felipe Varon, CEO and founder of Varon Vehicles, said during a Jan. 28 panel at the Vertical Flight Society’s 2021 Autonomous VTOL Technical Meeting…
Air TaxiWhat Gaps Still Exist for eVTOL Regulatory Standards? There is currently a lack of consistency in regulatory standards for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, industry professionals said during Jan. 27 panel hosted by the Vertical Flight Society’s 2021…
Air TaxiFirst FAA Type Certification for Advanced Air Mobility Aircraft Could Come This Year The first advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft type certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) could come as soon as this year, Jay Merkle, executive director of the FAA unmanned aircraft systems…
Embedded AvionicsFTUAS Key Capabilities Include Runway Independence, Army Says The Army’s Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS) will fill a gap in current UAS systems by including key capabilities like vertical takeoff, reduced size and footprint, and faster setup time to…
MilitaryTurbulence Model from Purdue Could Change DoD Aircraft Design Researchers at Purdue University have created a turbulence model for vortex collisions that could allow aircraft engineers and designers to build aircraft more capable of handling extreme scenarios. The new model, known…
CommercialEuropean Lawmakers Question EASA Review of 737 MAX as Return to Service Nears Transportation lawmakers scrutinized the return to passenger carrying service of the 737 MAX in European airspace as the European Union Aviation Agency (EASA) anticipates issuing its final Airworthiness Directive (AD) for the…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - January 24, 2021 Check out the Jan. 24 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines and updates happening across the global aerospace industry.…
UnmannedFAA Approves BVLOS Drone Operations Without Visual Observers The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) made its first approval of automated drone operations without human pilots or observers on-site. The drones use an aerial intelligence platform, the Scout System, equipped with acoustic…