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Is Your Country Ready for Urban Air Mobility?
A Mobility as a Service Index Aims to Tell You How You Can Tell
Aviation engineers, manufacturers, urban planners, vertiport builders and operators, and regulators are rapidly approaching the day when eVTOLs will take to the skies, passengers in tow, ready to taxi them from airports to city centers and back or from a city’s south side to its north or the suburbs surrounding a metropolis. But, one key…
Merchandise Delivery in the Middle — Mile, That Is
Cargo delivery in rural areas may soon see fewer trucks and more drones
Writing in Sustainability, Dr. Raj Bridgelall, an associate professor of transportation and supply chain at North Dakota State University, published the results of his study, Spatial Analysis of Middle-Mile Transport for Advanced Air Mobility: A Case Study of Rural North Dakota. The study’s objective, Dr. Bridgelall writes, was to “optimize the logistics network for high-value…
Want to Upgrade Your Urban Air Mobility Fleet’s Cost-efficiency?
A trio of German researchers show you how to optimize your operational and configurational fleet decisions
Michael Husemann, a senior expert global footprint with battery manufacturer PowerCo, Ansgar Kirste,director of product management for Robert Bosch, and Elke Stumpf, a journalist have done what others have not done to date. The trio devised a model UAM optimization model to better evaluate fleet operations in order to make smart strategic choices about vehicle…
Can Your Drone Fly Like a Cat?
No, but it may soon see like a cat
There is a centuries-old idiom in English culture adapted from a Scottish proverb: “When pigs fly.” It’s meant to express doubt about an individual’s ability or willingness to complete a task. For example, “I’ll have all my chores done in an hour,” a child declares to his parent. The parent replies, somewhat sarcastically, “I’ll believe…
How High Can AAM Go with AI?
EASA’s EUROCONTROL shows us 6 ways Human-AI teaming could take flight.
The potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to board tomorrow’s aircraft, partner with humans, and propel the aviation industry to new heights is a tantalizing proposition. Aviation + AI has the potential to reduce costly delays and shrink the industry’s carbon footprint while enhancing safety in the cockpit, facilitating single pilot operations, and managing what promises…
Drones, Drones, and More Drones
5 Advanced Air Mobility Experts Enlighten Us on What Will Soon Be Ubiquitous in the Skies Overhead
AAM Today wanted to know what we should be aware of about the state of drones now and in the future. Five leading AAM experts gave us the lowdown on what will soon be above.