By Mike Cavaliere, Director of News & Media Relations, ERAU
Reprinted by permission of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
High noise levels during flight have long been a barrier to the advancement of urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles, or “air taxis.” Thanks to new research being conducted at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University and backed by a recently awarded $1.4 million NASA grant, however, low-noise multirotor aircraft are becoming a reality — one that could precipitate a boom of autonomous flight options available in a city near you.
“By some estimates, UAM operations may become a reality in some urban areas by 2024-2025, first piloted then gradually shifting to autonomous operations controlled from the ground,” said Dr. Vladimir Golubev, Embry‑Riddle professor of Aerospace Engineering and a principal investigator on the project.
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