Air taxis and personal transports

NASA adds aeronautics, UTM and infrastructure partners to its AAM National Campaign

NASA reports that 13 companies and one university have signed agreements with NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility project’s National Campaign to continue work towards integrating air taxis, cargo delivery aircraft and other new air vehicle concepts into the national airspace […]

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NASA seeks industry partners to help engage with local authorities and other AAM stakeholders

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) is requesting  support from industry and other organisations to:   Communicate the current and future state of the advanced air mobility (AAM) ecosystem and align […]

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Rolls-Royce finalises ground-testing of technology set to power “the world’s fastest all-electric plane”

Rolls-Royce has finalised trialling its ground-breaking technology that will power “the world’s fastest all-electric plane”, reports a company press release this week. The technology has been tested on a full-scale replica of the plane’s core, […]

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US Transportation Secretary Chao announces USD3.3 million in seven drone grants to Universities

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced this week that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded USD3.3 million in research, education and training grants to universities that comprise FAA’s Air Transportation Centre of Excellence (COE) […]