Acubed is the Silicon Valley innovation center of Airbus. We provide a lens into the future for the aerospace industry, transforming risk into opportunity to build the future of flight now.
Explore all projectsSeveral months ago, esteemed colleagues at MIT, alongside our Airbus UTM team, submitted a new co-authored paper to the 2020 International Conference for Research in Air Transportation…
As we said at the outset of our project, the Ray20 team is passionate about Geographic Information Systems (GIS). As defined by National Geographic, GIS are essentially systems…
Since the dawn of commercial aviation, each successive generation of aircraft has become increasingly automated. This automation, coupled with qualified pilots in the cockpit…
Even at a company as well-established as Airbus, with 50 years of history and a successful product line and development process, it can sometimes prove challenging to introduce…
“The world's megalopolises are continuing to grow. No wonder air taxis are capturing people's imaginations.”
“With quiet electric motors and the ability to take off and land vertically from rooftops and parking lots, self-flying 'air taxis' like Vahana are being hailed as the next big thing for getting around town and to and from airports.”
“But the Drone Age is now just around the corner, making it high time to prepare for the numerous safety challenges it will pose.”
“Acubed is an Airbus sibling capitalizing on the strength of California’s technology capital to inject new ideas.”
“If all goes as planned, digitally manufactured autonomous aircraft will shuttle passengers quietly and cleanly through a well-organized airspace.”
“If successful, air commuting will change our attitudes to our habitats. We will live above cities, not merely within and below them.”