{"id":102331,"date":"2024-05-22T16:43:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T20:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dronelife.com\/?p=102331"},"modified":"2024-05-23T14:25:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T18:25:15","slug":"faa-reauthorization-bill-paves-the-way-for-evtol-flight-integration-and-advanced-air-mobility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dronelife.com\/2024\/05\/22\/faa-reauthorization-bill-paves-the-way-for-evtol-flight-integration-and-advanced-air-mobility\/","title":{"rendered":"FAA Reauthorization Bill Paves the Way for eVTOL Flight Integration and Advanced Air Mobility"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FAA reauthorization paves way for eVTOL flights<\/strong><\/p>\n

By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill<\/strong><\/p>\n

(The following is the last in a series of articles on how the recent passage of the bill to reauthorize the FAA positively impacts the drone and eVTOL industries.<\/em>)<\/p>\n

The U.S. has taken a giant step closer toward a future in which electric takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, popularly known as \u201cflying taxis,\u201d will be able to regularly transport people and cargo to and from existing airport.<\/p>\n

The bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, which President Biden signed into law earlier this month, directs the FAA to work with eVTOL manufacturers, prospective operators and other relevant stakeholders to encourage the growth of an advanced air mobility (AAM) system and enable the safe entry of these next-generation aircraft into the national airspace system.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the sense of Congress that the United States should take actions to become a global leader in advanced air mobility,\u201d the bill states. The FAA is directed to prioritize work on the type certification of so-called powered-lift aircraft, and to publish \u201crulemakings and policy necessary to enable commercial operations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two former high-ranking FAA officials praised the AAM sections of the legislation in a blog post on the website of eVTOL manufacturer Joby Aviation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy directing the FAA to prioritize the commercialization of Advanced Air Mobility, this Congress has implemented foundation legislation that sets the stage for U.S. leadership in the next 100 years of aviation,\u201d wrote Michael Huerta, former FAA administrator and current member of the board of directors for both Delta Air Lines and Joby Aviation, and Dan Elwell, former acting FAA administrator and currently a member of Joby\u2019s board of advisors.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs part of reauthorizing the FAA for the next five years, Congress has included a mandate for the agency to prepare for the safe introduction of electric and hydrogen-electric aircraft into the national airspace system,\u201d the blog post states. \u201cThese aircraft, designed to be quieter and more sustainable than the airplanes and helicopters in the sky today, will reimagine our relationship with aviation and chart a course for the decarbonization of the sector.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Joby officials said the reauthorization bill helps promote the development of an AAM system by:<\/p>\n