Autonomous advanced air mobility vehicles offer a solution to minimizing the environmental impact of wildfires, panelists told a White House-sponsored AAM conference Aug. 3.
Momentus’s Vigoride-3 deployed four additional satellites to low Earth orbit in July as the company works through anomalies discovered shortly after launching the space tug in May.
The EU’s push for advanced air mobility has given rise to AiRMOUR, a project designed to develop tools that will help urban planners, cities, first responders, airports and ground services, and AAM vehicle operators establish emergency medical services.
For now, urban air mobility is focused on small two-four-passenger air taxis. But a UK study suggests that larger, 30-50-seat electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft could be competitive with existing modes of public transportation while reducing emissions and congestion.
The acquisitions mean Slingshot will be able to offer satellite operators a better understanding of the growing number of objects on orbit and other threats.
As India’s SpiceJet needs recapitalisation to keep flying, its shareholder, Ajay Singh, is exploring options with a Middle East carrier, as well as Indian companies.
Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company (ADNEC) has opened the e-registration for the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) and the Naval Defence Exhibition and Conference (NAVDEX).
NASA is updating requirements for future private astronaut missions to the International Space Station based on some lessons learned from the pioneering 17-day Axiom Space-1 mission to the orbital science lab flown in April.
Massachusetts-based Sensata Technologies has provided prototypes of a passive fly-by-wire inceptor for eVTOL aircraft to several AAM manufacturers. Versions with 1, 2 and 3 control axes are available.
DC Aviation Al-Futtaim (DCAF) has seen an increase in enquiries for private jets to Doha as football fever kicks in ahead of this year’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
