AEROSPACE / WHITE PAPER CONNECTING THE FUTURE OF FLIGHT
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The future of electric-powered
vertical flight is looking up—
from 150 meters to 4 kilometers
(500 feet to 2.5 miles) above
ground level. That's where
urban-air/advanced-air mobility
(UAM/AAM) aircraft, low-
altitude personal air vehicles
(PAVs), and air taxis can
transport cargo and passengers
far above traffic snarls.
UAM and electric-powered vertical-takeoff-
and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft promise a greener,
cleaner alternative to hydrocarbon-fueled cars
and conventional rotorcraft. But to make UAM
a reality before 2030, project design teams must
solve many avionics challenges in fly-by-wire
and autonomous flight systems. In the 1990s,
rotorcraft safety significantly improved with the
development of Prognostic Health Management
(PHM) and Health Usage Monitoring Systems
(HUMS). Now, those technologies, along with
data flow from autonomous flight control
systems, impose significant connectivity
challenges. Avionics designers and electrical-
wiring-interconnect-system (EWIS) engineers
benefit by understanding how a "follow-the-
wire" approach using TE technologies and
expertise can help significantly advance
UAM avionics.
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