NASA is seeking broad participation from many organizations in its UAM ecosystem working groups, which will help advance the goal of enabling high-volume UAM flight operations. NASA Image

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NASA seeks participation in UAM working groups

2020-07-082024-04-12 Vincenzo 3329 Views NASA, uam 1 min read

The working groups will complement other NASA and industry efforts, including the UAM Grand Challenge series.

NASA is now pursuing urban air mobility as a subset to the overall AAM mission, which has defined two categories of operations: local (flights with a radius of around 50 miles) and intraregional. NASA Image

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NASA Advanced Air Mobility

2020-07-082021-03-09 Vincenzo 2561 Views evtol, NASA 2 min read

According to NASA officials, both “advanced air mobility” and “national campaign” better reflect the goals of the undertaking.

The MOBi-One eVTOL concept from ASX, which aims to combine automotive mass production techniques with the reliability of traditional aerospace. Firms from both domains are invited to respond to a new RFI on AAM supply chain development. ASX Image

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NASA, Agility Prime team up on eVTOL supply chain development

2020-07-082021-03-09 Vincenzo 2915 Views evtol, NASA 1 min read

As a first step, NASA’s Aviation Research Institute and the Air Force Agility Prime have requested information seeking input from suppliers and manufacturers of all types of parts, subsystems and systems of AAM vehicles – a term that includes a number of new eVTOL aircraft, including urban air mobility.