A look inside Honeywell’s new state-of-the-art AAM research and development lab. Urban air mobility The lion’s share of the AAM lab is dedicated to multiple technologies on the UAM front. Stepping into the facility, you are greeted by a futuristic-looking pod, which is a mock-up of a cockpit for a potential UAM vehicle. While it [...]
Often when we are thinking about self-driving vehicles or delivery robots, we imagine machines with powerful sensors and powerful processors that are guided by complex algorithms. What NASA is proposing here, a Data and Reasoning Fabric or (DRF), is a way of distributing some of the sensors and computing power into a digital infrastructure. [...]
Digital Airspace A capability of airspace and air traffic management founded on a platform of digital information and automation to promote safe, seamless, and flexible airspace utilization for all operators and considers airspace constraints dynamically by digital means to ensure system performance and safety. Intelligent and Adaptive Automation [...]
DRF aims to achieve the full potential of future air mobility through a self-sustaining decentralized ecosystem for data and reasoning service exchange. Data & reasoning service providers, infrastructure providers, and relevant local-to-federal government organizations can participate in DRF to exchange information necessary to support future air mobility.
CUTTING-EDGE AI FEATURES How Can a Data & Reasoning Fabric (DRF) Enable Future Air Mobility? PROVIDERS Publish your data & reasoning services. Participate in a dynamic ecosystem where your data and reasoning can be discovered and purchased while preserving access and control. DEVELOPERS DRF provides [...]
Decentralized peer-to-peer architecture Leverage open standards to enable interoperability within the entire ecosystem Inherent extensibility to support platform-agnostic applications of future air mobility Increased system-wide monitoring and operational efficiency Lower barriers to entry while giving participants greater control of their data Dynamic discovery, assessment, and negotiated use of data and reasoning [...]
NetJets this week announced its plans to purchase 150 of Lilium’s eVTOL aircraft per a recently released memorandum of understanding (MOU). The news came in a February 28th statement to investors and stated that NetJets would also operate the eVTOL aircraft as part of its existing Part 135 charter network. NetJets is currently one of [...]
Volocopter, an aircraft manufacturer that calls itself a pioneer in urban air travel, has raised $170 million in a Series E funding round, the company announced Friday (March 4). The German firm said the cash will be used to help license Volocopter’s electric passenger air taxi and make it available for commercial launch in cities worldwide. [...]
Shanghai-based air taxi company AutoFlight has released a video of its Prosperity I electric takeoff and landing (eVTOL) craft completing its first proof of concept test flight involving the all-critical vertical-to-horizontal transitioning phase. Designed for use as an eVTOL air taxi, AutoFlight’s Prosperity I successfully completed its first-ever live transitioning during a test outing [...]
With Joby Aviation one year away from what it hopes to receive type certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration for its eVTOL aircraft, the California-based company has announced another partnership to expand its aerial ridesharing service outside the U.S. Joby announced yesterday that it is partnering with Japanese airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) to [...]
