Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) is on the horizon: but are community leaders ready? Do they understand the technology, applications, challenges and opportunities that AAM presents?
by DRONELIFE Staff Author Ian J. McNabb
AAM4Gov, a Brighton, UK-based educational provider, recently announced the launch of their first online class focused on supporting decision makers as they navigate the quick-changing world of advanced air mobility. Supported by the UK Research and Innovation Future Flight Challenge and delivered by Innovate UK and the Economic and Social Research Council, AAM4Gov won the “Future Flight: Closing the Skills Gaps” competition for creating latest educational resources as AAM begins to grow in importance and visibility.
“While many councils have been using drones for years to scale back survey and maintenance costs and support first responders – equivalent to fire services, police and coast guard units – in saving lives, latest technology developments are about to rapidly increase the number and capabilities of drones within the skies above us,” said Philip Butterworth-Hayes, editorial director of AAM4Gov. “The primary electric air taxis will fly in Europe next 12 months, while drones will soon be delivering defibrillators, medicines and pizzas to households throughout the UK. For councils, that is a chance and a challenge. Our distant learning courses have been designed to assist local authorities more easily and quickly develop policies to optimise the advantages and reduce the risks.”
The course covers (or will cover, as this system expands over the following few months) a wide selection of topics: from legal, regulatory, and insurance issues to drone security and ways of engaging with the general public. As this system expands, AAM4Gov seeks to fill the needs of UK officials who seek a deeper understanding of the long run of UAVs in each the long and short term.
The primary three courses now available are:
- An Introduction to AAM & UAM
- Community Advantages of Drones and eVTOLs
- AAM Public Consultation – covering methods of engaging with local communities to make sure residents’needs are prioritised in any latest service launch.
Further courses scheduled for November are:
- AAM Drone Security – critical features of drone security and managing drone nuisance
- AAM and the Law
- AAM Policy Making – developing drone/AAM policies which are a magnet for latest investment and business, while reducing costs and environmental footprints.
More information on AAM4Gov is on the market here.
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