Putting in place the complex infrastructure required for so-called advanced air mobility (AAM) operations could be the new sector's greatest challenge. That was the consensus of a diversity of speakers at the recent Electric Aircraft Symposium, hosted by the Vertical Flight Society (VFS) in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on the eve of the AirVenture show.
Experts pointed to a plethora of potential roadblocks including the need to raise massive amounts of capital for AAM infrastructure, the complexity of folding autonomous flight into the national airspace system, and the costs associated with delivering sufficient electric power to vertiports. But what was not disputed was the tremendous financial impact AAM could have on states and local communities. And that’s key to raising the $10 to $30 billion needed to build out AAM infrastructure in the 38 largest American urban markets.
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