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Meet Clem Newton-Brown, CEO of Australia’s Skyportz
A Q&A with an Aussie AAM Leader
“The whole industry is waiting on certified aircraft and it has been a long 5 years but it seems we are close. Raising funds for an industry with no product yet is challenging but we run a lean operation and have loyal investors who will provide as much runway as we need.” — Skyportz CEO, Clem Newton-Brown.
New at NASA: A Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer
The American space agency consolidates its AI operations under one organization
Equally important is helping NASA’s roughly 18,000 employees understand they are ultimately responsible what the AI produces.
Your AAM Vehicle Is Waiting at The Vertiport. Should You Board?
A systemic risk analysis seeks to discover the potential dangers passengers will face when their vertiport is integrated within an airport setting and proposes a plan to mitigate them.
Vertiports will soon be as commonplace in the traveling public’s vernacular as airports are today.
Climbing Aboard: What Will It Take for the Public to Trust and Accept AAM?
Show me the value!
Researchers conducted an online survey of 573 people who were presented with 13 hypotheses regarding trust and customer-perceived value. The study revealed that functional value – what an offer does – proved to be the best indicator of whether or not AAM will find acceptance. Other values – emotional and social – also affected people’s trust in technology overall.
Power Zone: Vertiports Will Need to Amp Up Their Electric Grids
For advanced air mobility (AAM) to advance rapidly, these facilities will need the ability to provide electricity, perhaps in the form of microgrids, to facilitate rapid, easily accessible charging.
Gaming the System: Rolling the Dice on AAM Infrastructure Investments —Public-Private Partnerships or State-Funded
When we think of commercial aviation today, we see a public-private business model that has evolved over the past 100 or so years. The public sector provides and operates the airports and air traffic management systems and private enterprise pay fees to use that infrastructure to provide air travel and cargo services to the public….