{"id":27930,"date":"2024-02-26T15:11:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T15:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=27930"},"modified":"2024-02-26T15:11:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T15:11:28","slug":"wisk-and-the-city-of-sugar-land-texas-partner-to-bring-autonomous-air-taxis-to-the-greater-houston-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/texas\/wisk-and-the-city-of-sugar-land-texas-partner-to-bring-autonomous-air-taxis-to-the-greater-houston-region\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Wisk and the City of Sugar Land, Texas, Partner to Bring Autonomous Air Taxis to the Greater Houston Region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company, Wisk Aero, and the\nCity of Sugar Land, Texas, have entered into a partnership to bring autonomous\nAdvanced Air Mobility (AAM) to the Greater Houston region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under this new partnership, Wisk and Sugar Land will\nidentify and assess a location at the Sugar Land Regional Airport for the\ndevelopment of vertiport infrastructure that would allow for Wisk\u2019s autonomous\nair taxi operations. This initial partnership will lay the foundation and act\nas a gateway for the establishment of a larger network across the Greater\nHouston region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Potential routes<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Greater Houston area is experiencing some of the\nhighest population growth in the country, which calls for new and efficient\nways to move across the region,\u201d said Wisk CEO, Brian Yutko. \u201cSugar Land\u2019s\nstrategic location within the Greater Houston region, and its forward-thinking\ncity leadership, make it an ideal partner for us and one that is uniquely\npositioned as an early leader in the launch of air taxi services. We look\nforward to working with Sugar Land, local ecosystem stakeholders, and the FAA\non both ground and air infrastructure, as we bring autonomous air taxi services\nto the Greater Houston region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sugar Land City Manager, Michael W. Goodrum, said that Sugar\nLand is committed to blazing new trails, and believes their relentless approach\nhas caught the attention of the private sector as they\u2019ve sought innovative\nsolutions to mobility in our community through efforts like Advanced Air\nMobility. \u201cWe are excited to partner with Wisk Aero on a new concept that just\nmight change the way we travel \u2014 not only in our city but across the world.\nSugar Land is a great place to start in the Houston region, because we want to\nbe a city where innovation is second nature, where creativity is encouraged and\nwhere change is embraced. We couldn\u2019t ask for a better partner than Wisk Aero\nto join us on this journey.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wisk and Sugar Land will engage in a number of activities to\nadvance the overarching goal of the partnership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wisk will provide advice on technical needs for autonomous\neVTOL operations, including infrastructure, training, ground operational\nprocedures, and plans for potential site expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sugar Land will focus on integrating AAM into its long-term\nplans, championing community engagement, and establishing operational policy,\nsuch as infrastructure permitting and noise levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together, the two organizations will explore incorporating\nmaintenance and training facilities in Sugar Land and engage local and regional\nstakeholders to develop routes that connect Sugar Land to the Greater Houston\nregion, such as downtown Houston and the Houston Airport System.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am thrilled to see a leading AAM Company like Wisk commit\nto the future of Advanced Air Mobility here in Texas,\u201d said Texas State\nRepresentative David Cook. \u201cThese public-private partnerships are exactly what\nwe hoped would result from the passage of our legislation during the 88th\nLegislative Session and solidifies Texas as a leader in this new technology\nspace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company, Wisk Aero, and the City of Sugar Land, Texas, have entered into a partnership to bring autonomous Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) to the Greater Houston region. Under this new partnership, Wisk and Sugar Land will identify and assess a location at the Sugar Land Regional Airport for the development of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aam-uam","category-texas"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Archer-and-FAA-Administrator-edit2-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27930"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27933,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27930\/revisions\/27933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}