IAI has indicated that it may also partner with another company to bring the aircraft to production
MANY OTHERS
This column could go with more examples of companies which have announced either electric or hybrid approaches, and we will just list a number of the companies here: • Ampaire • Blackfl y • HoverSurf HoverBike • Joby
• MagniX • Volocopter • Wright Electric
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I am certain that I missed a few others, but it seems that every month or so a new entrant is announced.
FINAL THOUGHTS For all of the naysayers regarding electric and hybrid aircraft, it is worth noting it took decades for early cars and aircraft to become more than novelties and enter commercial use. In today’s world, we have sped up the development of new products, and often due to unforeseen technology breakthroughs, and such innovations are able to come to market signifi cantly more quickly than in decades past. We will have incremental innovations in battery technology, propulsion, and materials, and through the progressive hybridization of aircraft, we will eventually reach pure electric propulsion. Nearly every major aerospace company is participating in this area, as no one wants to miss out and be left behind. Short-range electric small aircraft are already
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pretty much here, and once personal drone/air taxi services identify how they will safely operate in urban environments, we will see a real evolutionary change to travel. And cheaper travel (hopefully) to go along with cleaner skies. Viva la innovation!
John Pawlicki is CEO and principal of OPM Research. He also works with Information Tool Designers (ITD), where he consults to the DOT’s Volpe Center, handling various technology and cyber security projects for the FAA and
DHS. He managed and deployed various products over the years, including the launch of CertiPath (with world’s fi rst commercial PKI bridge). John has also been onic FAA 8130- 3 forms, as well as in defi ning digital identities with PKI. His recent publication, ‘Aerospace Marketplaces Report,’ which analyzed third-party sites that support the trading of aircraft parts, is available on
OPMResearch.com as a PDF download, or a printed book version is available on
Amazon.com.
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