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Ready to skip the traffic? Learn how Wisk Aero is building and certifying the world’s first autonomous eVTOL aircraft for everyday commercial passenger use. Find out more on SAE Tomorrow Today Ep. 217

2024 SAE President, Carla Bailo, shares her vision for the future of mobility and how SAE is making transportation safer, more affordable, and more sustainable. Find out more on SAE Tomorrow Today Ep. 198

Advancing the conversation around mobility knowledge with news and trends to benefit humanity.

Advancing the conversation around mobility knowledge with news and trends to benefit humanity.

Advancing the conversation around mobility knowledge with news and trends to benefit humanity.

Advancing the conversation around mobility knowledge with news and trends to benefit humanity.

Presented by SAE International and Aerospace & Defense Technology magazine, the inaugural UAM and Unmanned Aircraft Summit offers insights into the future development of automated and unmanned aircraft.

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Wildfires result in the loss of lives and acres at a high cost. Data Blanket is developing AI-powered drones that help firefighters safely fight a wildfire. Find out more on SAE Tomorrow Today Ep. 185

The inclination of the analysis done is parallel to gravity; therefore, we have tested for vertical flow since it is a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) configuration. Variations in the nose cones are also carried, such as the blunt nose cone and the round nose cone.

Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) is defined as vertical lift aircraft propelled by electric power and capable of carrying people. Based on the system of battery powered CY300 eVTOL, a fuel cell-battery hybrid system (FBHS) in steady-state operation as a potential propulsion system for CY300 eVTOL is proposed. In order to analyze the feasibility of FBHS-powered eVTOL system, a mathematical model is established to evaluate the proposed system performance considering various irreversible effects. Furthermore, considerable sensitivity analyses indicate that the payload of the proposed system is considerably benefited by a higher specific energy of the battery system, specific power of the fuel cell system and hydrogen storage ratio of the hydrogen tank. Hydrogen tank weight decreases the payload while enhances the hovering time.

Direct debugging of a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fixed-wing aircraft’s control system can easily result in risk and personnel damage. It is effectively to employ simulation and numerical methods to validate control performance. ...In this paper, the attitude stabilization controller for VTOL fixed-wing aircraft is designed, and the controller performance is verified by MATLAB and visual simulation software, which significantly increases designed efficiency and safety of the controller. ...In detail, we first develop the VTOL fixed-wing aircraft’s six degrees of freedom kinematics and dynamics models using Simulink module, and the cascade PID control technique is applied to the VTOL aircraft’s attitude stabilization control.

Electric technology has gradually changed the form of energy use in transportation. Electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) will become an important means of transportation in the future, bringing significant changes to urban transportation and providing a more convenient and comfortable travel experience for people. eVTOLs are being extensively researched and developed by the global aviation industry as well as by many innovative technology companies. In this paper, we focus on the system design and testing of the four-axis and eight-propeller eVTOL. The overall parameters of the aircraft are defined, and the energy and power architecture design and analysis are carried out. Carry out the hybrid power supply design of lithium battery and fuel cell, and complete the parameter matching design of power system.

Electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) has become a main trend in general aviation. Battery, power electronic and motor have made big progress in the last decades, most companies and research institutions are focusing on the development of 2-5 seat (2 tons maximum takeoff weight) eVTOL products and strat to put into market. This paper tried to defines the design and analysis process of electric propulsion system taking 2-ton eVTOL as an example. Firstly, the parameters of the aircraft is defined and the power and energy consumption was analyzed based on flight phase. Secondly, the electric propulsion system architecture is defined based on the aircraft design. The design and evaluation of propeller, motor, motor controller and battery were carried out respectively. The optimal design of propeller in hover stage and cruise stage is conducted.

Electrifying Aviation: The Path to Decarbonizing the Skies /Electric aviation mirrors the early stages of the electric vehicle revolution Advances in Military Avionics Technologies Create New Challenges for RF Test and Measurement Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation: The Future of Lightweight Designs in Aerospace and Defense Advanced RF Simulation Reduces Cost and Schedule Risk Assure 5G NTN Performance Before Launch In the complex and quickly evolving 5G NTN landscape, simulating, emulating, and evaluating RF systems boosts mission success. Qualification of Multi-Channel Direction Finding Radar Receivers in The Lab Bullet Impact Testing of Ammunition and Explosives at Picatinny Arsenal A bullet impact (BI) test for evaluating the response of energetically loaded items has been established at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Command (DEVCOM) Armaments Center (AC) Explosive Development Facility.

Urban air mobility (UAM) is a fast-growing industry that utilizes electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) technologies to operate in densely populated urban areas with limited space. However, atmospheric icing serves as a limitation to its operational envelope as in-flight icing can happen all year round anywhere around the globe. Since icing in smaller aviation systems is still an emerging topic, there is a necessity to study icing of eVTOL rotors specifically. Two rotor geometries were chosen for this study. A small 15-inch rotor was selected to illustrate a multirotor UAV drone, while a large 80-inch rotor was chosen to represent a UAM passenger aircraft. The ice accretion experiments were conducted in an icing wind tunnel on the small 15-inch rotor. The icing simulations were performed using FENSAP-ICE. The ice accretion simulations of the 15-inch rotor sections at –5 °C show a large, rather streamlined ice shape instead of the expected glaze ice characteristics.