AAM_Infrastructure

Thermoplastic fuselage; Diamond flies electric trainer; Russia’s hybrid regional demo plan; and study highlights airport drone risk.

Volocopter’s window to certify the VoloCity ahead of the Olympics is tight, but the real challenge is developing a larger version with a stronger business case.

Greenport International Airport is a planned private general aviation airport being built on a more than 5,000-ft.2 campus located 17 mi. from Austin.

The advanced air mobility industry faces a growing infrastructure funding question.

Infrastructure operator Ferrovial has partnered with real estate developer Milligan to identify and develop sites for vertiports in the UK.

Dubbed the Collaborative Low-Altitude UAS Integration Effort (CLUE), the system was developed by AFRL’s Information Directorate.

Based in Austin, Texas, LIFT is developing a single-seat unwinged multicopter called the Hexa.

ATM organization Eurocontrol has kicked off a 3-year project to pave the way for safe and efficient integration of vertiports into existing European airspace.

Some major airlines are ramping up plans to adopt air taxi service.

Electrification of propulsion is enabling the exploration of some novel ideas for aviation, even some that are not officially considered to be aircraft.

VPorts has begun the certification process for the vertiports at its planned advanced air mobility integrator center in the Dubai South development zone.

To make the park and its wider concepts work, further investments in power-generation and -distribution capabilities are also already in hand.

The AAM industry looks toward large-scale televised events and expositions as opportunities to engage regulators and capture the imagination of the public.

Embraer spinoff Eve Air Mobility has completed a prototype of its urban air mobility air traffic management system.

Skyports Infrastructure is a company seeking to develop networks of vertiports around the world to accommodate the expected onset of electric air taxis.

The U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program has established airspace innovation and battery energy storage teams.

eVTOL noise rules; Adaptive drone wings; Assuring autonomy; and A220 on 100% SAF.

The FAA has updated its concept of operations for urban air mobility.

Who those people will be, and how they will be recruited, trained and retained were among the topics addressed during a panel discussion.

With more aircraft progressing toward certification, infrastructure is becoming the dominant preoccupation of the AAM and electric aviation industry.

As part of the collaboration, NASA will provide lessons learned from research conducted into urban air mobility at its Langley Research Center.

The true vision of UAM, and the time savings it can produce, can be achieved only if the process of transiting in and out of vertiports is capped.

Advanced air mobility (AAM) startup Altaport has announced partnerships intended to complement its vertiport automation solution.

Kookiejar is a Swedish startup that plans to build out networks of affordable, small and modular vertiports with minimal infrastructure.

AGS is a regional airport located 6 mi. southeast of Augusta, Georgia, a midsize city located along the state’s eastern border with South Carolina.