By Chris Stonor The GKN Aerospace-led UK Skybus collaboration research project has reached a key milestone by completing its initial feasibility study, which has identified
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Category: Research
Read Article: Whisper Aero developing technology “to greatly reduce risks of noise pollution” from unmanned craft
By Chris Stonor Written by tech writer, Ben Pilkington, this article looks at one of the biggest problems the Urban Air Mobility market faces. Noise
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South Korea’s ‘Grand Challenge’ unites businesses to commercialise flying taxis by 2025
By Chris Stonor The Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Grand Challenge Korea Industry Day hosted by MOLIT (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport) and organised by
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Joby S4 prototype crash fuels flurry of media excitement and speculation
By Chris Stonor On Wednesday, February 16th news trickled through that Joby’s S4 prototype aircraft, Number N542AJ, had crashed during a trial flight. Reddit was
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Rolls-Royce and Roland Berger forecast USD36.9 billion AAM market opportunity for Asia-Pacific region
By Chris Stonor An excellent and extensive market study, FREE to download, was published on Wednesday (February 16th) – a collaboration between Rolls-Royce and international
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Read Article: “Drowning out the sound of drones”
By Chris Stonor For some years a few within the scientific community have been researching the more challenging aspect of drones. How do you lessen
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AiRMOUR programme invites 10 cities to collaborate on fast-tracking UAM services
The European Union’s AiRMOUR research project is inviting 10 cities or regions to join a programme to accelerate urban air mobility (UAM) services. According to
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ANA Holdings, Joby Aviation collaborate to deliver air taxi service to Japan
By Chris Stonor ANA Holdings, Japan’s largest airline, and Joby Aviation announced this week, they’re collaborating to deliver an air taxi service to Japan, reports
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Critique of FT.com feature: “Air taxis: flight of fantasy or truly set for lift off?”
By Chris Stonor The first problem with the ft.com feature, published this week, is that it hides behind a paywall, so many won’t be able to
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Supernal partners with National Renewable Energy Laboratory for “vertiport feasibility study”
By Chris Stonor Supernal, an advanced air mobility (AAM) company from Hyundai, announced recently a partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), reports nrel.gov.
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