Aug 18, 2025 | Aerial Vehicles, Air Mobility, Autonomous Vehicles
Air taxis aren’t yet officially in operation, but the industry is already gearing up for autonomous ones. The road for autonomous eVTOLs (electric vertical takeoff and landing) is longer and harder, but their expected impact is tremendous. At the moment, a major...
Jun 19, 2025 | Air Mobility
An Austin-based tech company is joining forces with a California firm working to bring air taxis to Texas skies. SkyGrid, developed by Austin’s SparkCognition and Boeing in 2018, has become a subsidiary of Wisk Aero. Both companies are owned by Boeing. SkyGrid...
May 1, 2025 | Air Mobility, Aviation
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) released a budget reconciliation proposal Tuesday that would allocate $15 billion for the modernization of air traffic control technology. The funds would go to the Federal Aviation...
Feb 14, 2025 | Aerial Vehicles, Aeronautics, Air Mobility
SkyDrive has long taken a leadership role in Japan’s nascent eVTOL industry with sights on eventually making its flying cars as ubiquitous as automobiles. With time winding down on its long-time goal of unveiling its first production-bound multirotor electric...
Feb 6, 2025 | Air Mobility, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Drones
Engineers at the University of Hong Kong have developed an advanced aerial robot, akin to a drone, designed for high-speed navigation in unknown environments. Unlike previous attempts, which struggled with real-time obstacle avoidance at high speeds, the model named...
Dec 11, 2024 | Aerial Vehicles, Air Mobility
A new type of flying car could soon be ferrying passengers through the skies using a novel propulsion technology, engineers say. On Nov. 5, CycloTech, an Austrian company that builds flying car components, unveiled blueprints for its new “BlackBird”...
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