Air TaxiWisk, NASA to Study Autonomous eVTOL Flight Operations and Safety Scenarios Urban Air Mobility (UAM) all-electric autonomous air taxi creator, Wisk, is partnering with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to create safe solutions for autonomous air vehicle integration into the national…
ATM ModernizationWhat's Trending in Aerospace - November 1, 2020 Check out the Nov. 1 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines happening across the global aerospace industry. Commercial IAG Outlines…
Air TaxiNASA Signs 17 Space Act Agreements for Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge Seventeen companies have signed Space Act Agreements with NASA to participate in the agency’s first Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge, a series of technology demonstrations meant to test the readiness of vehicles…
Air TaxiNASA Aeronautics Budget Sees 4.5 Percent Boost, Funding Future Aviation Research NASA might see a 12 percent increase in its budget per the White House’s request for fiscal year 2021, mostly for a push to return humans to the moon by 2024 —…
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…
From The WireNASA Reveals Partnerships Advancing Moon, Mars Tech NASA selected 10 U.S. companies for 19 partnerships to mature industry-developed space technologies. As NASA prepares to land humans on the Moon by 2024 with the Artemis program, commercial companies are developing new technologies,…
CommercialMore Details Emerge on X-59's 4K Cockpit Screen, Environmental System The cockpit of NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) demonstrator aircraft will use a 4K monitor as its primary forward looking field of view for pilots, according to new system supplier details…
CommercialWhy Automation Shouldn't Push Pilots Out of Air Taxis As it tries to take to the skies, the urban air mobility industry is at a crossroads. The ultimate goal is unmanned operations, freeing up more seats for paying passengers and eliminating…
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…