Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Three LA Area Firms Selected For NASA Urban Mobility Challenge

Three Los Angeles area companies have been selected to participate in the NASA Urban Mobility Challenge, an effort to help promote the development of the use of multiple, unmanned aircraft all flying in dense urban environments. According to NASA, Santa Monica-based AirMap, Santa Monica-based Avision, and Los Angeles-based Ellis & Associates are among the many companies who have been accepted into participating in the effort. NASA said that participants are working with NASA to help it determine when vehicles (passenger-carrying, cargo-carrying/delivery, sensing/detecting) and the systems required for successful communications and navigation will be available to participate in the challenge, which aims at developing technology to operate air vehicles safely in an urban environment.