When will air taxis be available?

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is preparing to support air taxi deployment at one or more sites by 2028.

What is Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)?

Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), refers to autonomously piloted, electric aircraft, usually with vertical takeoff and landing capabilities.

What are the benefits of dynamic charging?

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What are some of the challenges of securing autonomous vehicles?

Vehicles are equipped with increasingly diverse connectivities, such as short range interfaces, Bluetooth, cell interfaces like 5G, as well as vehicle-to-everything and vehicle-to-vehicle interfaces. These wireless technologies work at very different frequencies and follow different standards. How to protect them from cyber and physical attacks in a holistic manner is a major challenge.

Guoliang Xing IEEE Fellow, IEEE Communications Society

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