Air taxis and personal transports

NASA opens call for industry participation in its UAM Grand Challenge programme

NASA has launched its solicitation for companies to join its Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Grand Challenge. According to a NASA press release: “The Grand Challenge aims to improve UAM safety and accelerate scalability through integrated demonstrations by hosting […]

UAM infrastructure

NEXA Capital Partners accelerates investment in eVTOL flight with launch of Urban Air Mobility Geomatics business

NEXA Capital Partners has launched Urban Air Mobility Geomatics, LLC, a new business intelligence entity to accelerate investment into eVTOL flight through analytical tools and advanced models, supported by geospatial data and business case analysis. […]

Commentary

“Has EASA jumped the gun with its SC-VTOL conditions?” – Mike Hirschberg, Verticle Flight Society Executive Director

This commentary was originally published in the September/Octoctober 2019 issue of the Vertical Flight Society’s Vertiflite magazine and is republished with permission. The Vertical Flight Society has been supporting the development of electric vertical take-off and landing […]