Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance (NUAIR) is laying the groundwork to further develop NASA’s advanced air mobility (AAM) efforts. NUAIR manages the USD897,000 task
Read moreCategory: Vertiports
We need to re-think air taxis and vertiports
Companies are beginning to ask questions about the viability of Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP) VTOL aircraft, says Thomas Melcher of https://www.sky-boom.com/ Sabastian Thrun, Larry Page’s
Read moreLilium designs its own “smaller, smarter and safer Vertiport”
Lilium aims to design vertiports for its vehicles which are smaller, smarter and safer than other designs and that deliver a scalable, high-speed regional transportation
Read more“ISO to develop standards for small cargo drones vertiports” – EuroUSC-Italia
On 27 April 2020, ISO Technical Committee TC/20 (Aerospace) approved the launch of the New Work Item (NWI) 5015-2 to develop an international standard on
Read moreHow do you put out a vertiport fire? One of the many unanswered questions facing UAM infrastructure developers
By Michael Willoughby China’s autonomous air taxi company EHang at the start of December 2019 announced its strategic partnership with property developer Heli Chuangxin Real
Read moreSkyports shows render of first-ever full-scale, life-sized vertiport prototype
Skyports has released a render of the world’s first-ever full-scale, life-sized vertiport prototype. The real thing will be shown at this year’s ITS World Congress
Read more