
US Korea Associate on Superior Air Mobility

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This week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) introduced that the US and Korea will work collectively on superior air mobility. The FAA’s partnership with the Korea Workplace of Civil Aviation (KOCA), formalized in a Declaration of Cooperation, will facilitate collaboration between the 2 businesses on AAM initiatives and permit them to “share concepts, info, expertise, and methods,” says the FAA.
“Collaborating with our worldwide companions on safely integrating these new applied sciences will create extra environment friendly, sustainable and equitable transportation choices,” stated Appearing FAA Administrator Billy Nolen.”The 2 businesses will work collectively to advertise the protection oversight of AAM, together with airworthiness, licensing, and operations,” says the FAA announcement.
Korea has invested closely in superior air mobility, with the mayor of Seoul making his first flight in an eVTOL in 2020 through the metropolis’s annual “Open the Skies” occasion. Korea’s roadmap for city air mobility, created in 2020, requires commercialization of UAM by 2025: on the current SmartGeo Expo in South Korea, individuals lined as much as attempt among the many flight simulators out there to indicate future prospects what UAM appears like.
The announcement follows the FAA’s partnerships with Japan and with the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand within the Nationwide Aviation Authorities Community to harmonize our certification standards and integration plans.
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