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NASA Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Mission
Davis HackenbergAAM Mission Manager, AAM Mission Office
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March 23, 2020
Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)
• Includes “rural” and “urban” applications– cargo transport, pax-carrying, aerial work, etc. – eVTOL, sUAS, eCTOL, hybrid-electric, etc.– Urban Air Mobility (UAM) as a challenging use-case
with high benefit
• Enabled by electrification and scaled through automation
• Does not include:– Supersonic or hypersonic transport– Existing hub-and-spoke air service with large transport
aircraft
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Safe, sustainable, affordable, and accessible aviation for transformational local and intraregional missions
Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Mission
UML - 4
UML - 3
UML - 2
DistributionCenter/Warehouse
Inter-CityeCTOL
Inter-cityeCTOL
Cargo Delivery
MedicalTransfer
Cross-metroTransfer
AirportTransfer
CargoDelivery
FleetOperations
AirAmbulance
Small Package Delivery
High DensityCorridor
RegionalNetwork
Rural Operations Urban Operations On DemandAir-Taxi
Develop validated AAM System Architectures that define a safe, certifiable, and scalable system
NASA Research to enable National Campaigns
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2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Industry proposed UML-1 unlock
Industry proposedUML-2 unlock
Industry proposed UML-3 unlock
Industry proposedUML-4 unlock
2026 2027 2028
Complex Operations
High Volume Vertiports
Scaled Demo
Reduce risk of industry UML- 3&4 timeline…
NC-DT
Developmental Testing
NC-1
Operational Safety
Help catalyze UML 1, 2… Legend
Automation Research and Capability Development
Integration of Automated Systems Flight Testing
GC Series and Operational Demonstrations
NC-2
NC-3
NC-4
UML ”unlocks” based on a range of publicly available industry projections; not a consensus view
NASA AAM Mission Priorities
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Source and Fleet Noise
Vehicle Propulsion Reliability
Safety in Environmental and Failure conditions
Distributed Electric Propulsion
Automated Flight and Contingency Management
m:N Pilots to Aircraft
Human Response to Noise
Regional M&S Capabilities AAM Airspace and Supplemental Data Services
In-time Aviation Safety Management System
xTM Architectures
Operational Rules, Roles, & Procedures
Comm, Nav, Surveillance, Information
Airspace System Design &
Implementation
Airspace & Fleet Operations
Management
Vehicle Development &
Production
Individual Vehicle Management &
Operations
Community Integration
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5
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Aircraft & Aircrew BarriersAirspace BarriersCommunity Integration BarriersPillar number
Assured Automated Architectures
AAM System Architecture
National Campaign
High Density Microplex