NASA Adds Wisks, Alaka’i as Urban Air Mobility Program Participants
Wisk and Alaka'i Technologies have been selected to join a NASA project aimed at evaluating the safety and readiness of autonomous aerial systems for urban air mobility operations.
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Raytheon“™s Matthew Gilligan Talks Benefits of “˜Skyler“™ Drone Detection Radar
Matthew Gilligan, vice president of navigation and modernization solutions at Raytheon, has said that the company“™s Skyler surveillance radar will help address challenges in air traffic management, which now include emerging urban air mobility platforms.
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Boeing, SparkCognition Seek to Introduce AI-Based Drone Airspace Mgmt Software via Joint Venture
Boeing and SparkCognition intend to form a new joint venture that will develop software platforms designed to integrate autonomous cargo vehicles and other unmanned aircraft systems into the global airspace. Amir Husain, founder and CEO of SparkCognition, will serve as CEO of Austin, Texas-based SkyGrid that will help clients perform emergency response, industrial inspections and […] More
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NASA Seeks Industry Support for Urban Air Mobility Integration
NASA is calling for aerospace manufacturers and researchers to submit market information on technologies and approaches that would contribute to the safe implementation of urban air mobility. The space agency is studying methods to safely integrate manned and unmanned aircraft into the urban airspace and to manage associated air traffic, NASA said Friday in a […] More
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NASA Briefs Industry on Urban Air Mobility Plans
NASA held a two-day meeting in Seattle last week to inform commercial, academic and government organizations of the space agency’s plans to develop an urban air mobility ecosystem. More than 400 representatives from the public and private sectors engaged in discussions about the UAM Grand Challenge, which is scheduled to officially launch in late 2020, NASA said Wednesday. The […] More
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NASA to Host Industry Day for Upcoming Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge
NASA will hold an industry day on Nov. 1 and 2 for aviation industry entities and government agencies interested in participating in a series of challenges that aim to promote urban air mobility safety. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says the space agency intends to use the industry day to discuss the goals and schedule […] More