In a sign that the oft-celebrated (and of late mourned) special relationship between the US and UK is alive still, a rapprochement between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on advanced air mobility (AAM) craft is stoking the ambitions of vehicle manufacturers like Joby already active in both nations.
In comments during the Global Urban Advanced Air Summit – and later echoed in tweets and press releases – the FAA and CAA said they’d begun discussions about working together in support of nearing AAM services. One objective in that, presumably, could involve harmonized or at very least compatible vehicle certification procedures.
Though no details about how far that cooperative effort seeks to go, the mere notion that regulators in two of the West’s most promising next-generation air markets may together find ways to facilitate entry of new craft and services was a source of glee for manufacturers who are…
