Air TaxiNASA Launches Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge Program With NASA’s four-year testing program on unmanned aircraft integration drawing to a close, the agency held a kickoff call with industry to begin its next research and demonstration effort: the urban air…
Air TaxiBAE Systems Moves Into the Aircraft Electrification Market BAE Systems is moving into the aircraft electrification market, preparing to offer a suite of products to be used on platforms ranging from regional jets to small urban air mobility aircraft. Drawing…
CommercialDaedalean is Developing a Neural Network for Future Air Taxi Avionics Daedalean, a Zürich, Switzerland-based startup, has amassed $12 million in funding toward the development of the aviation industry’s first autopilot system to feature an advanced form of artificial intelligence (AI) known as…
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,…
Embedded AvionicsMillennials Ready to Embrace Autonomous Aircraft, New Global Study Finds More than 80 percent of young adults ages 18 to 24 would be comfortable as a passenger on a self-flying aircraft at some point in their lifetime, according to the results of…
CommercialFAA Approves Flight Testing of Amazon's New Fully Electric Delivery Drone Amazon plans to launch Prime Air delivery in the next few months, using a new electrically powered vertical-takeoff-and-landing drone design unveiled Wednesday. The company’s latest fully-electric drone design features six shrouded rotors…
CommercialCity Airbus eVTOL Prototype Makes First Flight in Germany City Airbus, the namesake company’s unmanned, ducted-fan-driven urban air taxi prototype, made its first flight May 3 in Donauwörth, Germany. Airbus Helicopters did not make a formal announcement of the milestone, but…
RegulationWhat the FAA Learned About Future Air Taxis From Missteps Integrating Drones CHICAGO — The FAA wasn't ready for drones, according to its executive director for unmanned aircraft, Jay Merkle. But the Administration learned over the last several years, and it is determined not to…
UnmannedShould Air Taxis Be Unmanned from the Jump? For urban air mobility to succeed — at scale — the industry will need to answer a question: What will it do about pilots? Ultimately, many entrants to the air taxi game want autonomy…
CommercialThe Air Taxi Challenges Uber Isn't Considering Not so fast, Uber. Breaking into the urban air mobility market means a lot of challenges that a company new to the game has no way of accounting for, according to Itai…