Industry
A Drone Militaries Can Use to Seek and Destroy or Seek and Return
To Loiter or Not to Loiter, That Is the Munitions Question of the Day
Costa Mesa, California-based Anduril Industries has literally and figuratively launched its boomerang drone bomb. Equipped with an autonomous, artificial intelligence (AI) “brain,” the Roadrunner UAV is capable of taking down a moving target midair and destroying itself on impact. Should the mission not achieve its objective, Roadrunner will turn itself around and land itself nose-up…
What Is a Droneport?
Airport. √ Vertiport. √ Droneport? Stay tuned.
You’ve heard of airports. Society will soon be hearing more about droneports.
Vertiport, Vertiport, Wherefore Shall I Integrate You?
Using a GIS-Based Approach to Suss Out Suitable Vertiport Locations
Much of the discussion surrounding the integration of urban/advanced air mobility (UAM/AAM) has focused on how best to accommodate this new transportation mode into the National Air Space (NAS) of any given nation-state (such as the United States) or a supranational union of states (such as the European Union). But, to date, little consideration has…
The ABCs of KPIs for UAM
It Will Take an SoS Approach
A cohort of scientists have posited a theory and published a paper that effectively applies Pearson’s Law to the impending implementation and integration of urban air mobility (UAM) into a given national airspace. Pearson, a late 19th Century-early 20th Century academic who taught at King’s College, Cambridge divined, “That which is measured improves. That which is measured…
How Troublesome Will eVTOL Passengers Be by 2030?
How Rude!
Rudeness in the sky is becoming commonplace. This doesn’t bode well for the eVTOL/UAM industry, which hopes to be in full swing by 2030.
Sub-gram Helicopters
UAVs Using a Miniature Flybar Prove Small Is Beautiful and Quite Useful
Scientists are developing helicopters smaller than some gnats to aid in future rescue missions and more.