NASA Archives - eVTOL Insights

NASA’s AAM National Campaign to begin next phase of testing this month

Jason Pritchard4 March 2021

NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign has moved to the next stage of its NC Integrated Dry Run Test, which will start this month following the completion of the first phase in December 2020. This will involve a Bell ...

University of California San Diego awarded $5.8 million NASA grant to accelerate rapid development of eVTOL aircraft

Jason Pritchard17 February 2021

A team of engineers from the University of California San Diego have received a University Leadership Initiative grant worth $5.8 million from NASA, to create computational design tools so US companies can increase the speed at which they can develo...

Elroy Air joins NASA’s AAM National Campaign to help integrate autonomous cargo aircraft into US airspace

Jason Pritchard1 February 2021

Elroy Air has become the latest company to join NASA's Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign and will help develop key guidance for urban air mobility operations. It is currently developing the world's first end-to-end automated VTOL aeri...

NASA launches activities for Advanced Air Mobility and prepares ‘dry run’ flight test

Jason Pritchard30 November 2020

NASA has begun flight test activities as part of its Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign, ahead of Joby Aviation's prototype eVTOL aircraft being available for developmental tests next year. The project started with connectivity and infrastr...

Alaka’i Technologies is latest eVTOL aircraft developer to join NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign

Jason Pritchard18 November 2020

Alaka'i Technologies, which is currently building its hydrogen-powered eVTOL aircraft - known as Skai - has joined NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign as a vehicle partner. The company will join other industry partners,...

Wisk announces first-of-its-kind partnership with NASA to create new framework for autonomous passenger flight

Jason Pritchard16 November 2020

Wisk is teaming up with NASA to focus on the safe integration of autonomous aircraft systems into Urban Air Mobility applications at a national level, which will also include conducting flight demos. The partnership is the first of its kind and p...

Bell’s Autonomous Pod Transport 70 cargo drone completes flight as part of NASA demo

Jason Pritchard2 October 2020

Bell has completed a successful flight of its Autonomous Pod Transport (APT) 70 as part of a joint flight demonstration with NASA, which helped to showcase the safety and utility of unmanned aircraft for future commercial uses. The company was se...

Oneida County given task order worth $897,000 from NASA to carry out automation technology research

Jason Pritchard20 August 2020

Oneida County has been awarded an $897,000 task order for Advanced Air Mobility development through a NASA contract, at its Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Test Site at Griffiss International Airport. Situated in the US state of New York, the facil...

NASA and Agility Prime to join forces and develop Advanced Air Mobility supply chain

Jason Pritchard10 July 2020

NASA's Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI) and the US Air Force's Agility Prime programme are to collaborate together and develop an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) supply chain, which can 'scale as the market matures'. A RFI (Request for Informati...

Crown Consulting chosen to develop analytics on passenger ride quality in UAM market

Jason Pritchard7 July 2020

Crown Consulting has been selected by NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programme to study the effects of ride quality when travelling on passenger-carrying VTOL aircraft. The analytics, information solutions and engineering s...

FAA releases Concept of Operations v1.0 for Urban Air Mobility (UAM)

Jason Pritchard1 July 2020

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released its Concept of Operations v1.0 for Urban Air Mobility (UAM). Shared on LinkedIn by NASA director Parimal Kopardekar, the document is split into seven sections and has been developed by the FA...

NASA after more vehicle partners to join its Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign

Jason Pritchard30 June 2020

NASA is on the lookout for more vehicle partners to join its Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign, which will focus on flight demo operations as part of the first initiative (NC-1) in 2022. An announcement made on 24th June called for ...

University research team awarded $8 million NASA grant to develop air taxis

Jason Pritchard27 April 2020

An interdisciplinary team led by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) has received a four-year, $8 million award from NASA to develop, test and eventually deploy air taxis.The institution is the first historically ...