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Towards Urban Air Mobility: NASAs Quadcopter Air Taxi Concept [PDF]

Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is envisioned to be the future air transportation system over populated areas, where everything from small package delivery drones to passenger-carrying air taxis are able to interact safely and efficiently. The capacity of multi-
Ventura Diaz, Patricia, Yoon, Seokkwan
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Risk-Based Design of Urban UAS Corridors

Drones
The rapid expansion of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) poses significant challenges for the integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into dense urban environments, where safety risks and population exposure are particularly
Cristian Lozano Tafur, Jaime Orduy Rodríguez, Didier Aldana Rodríguez, Danny Stevens Traslaviña, Sebastián Fernández Valencia, Freddy Hernán Celis Ardila   +5 more
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Baseline Assumptions and Future Research Areas for Urban Air Mobility Vehicles [PDF]

NASA is developing Urban Air Mobility (UAM) concepts to (1) create first-generation reference vehicles that can be used for technology, system, and market studies, and (2) hypothesize second-generation UAM aircraft to determine high-payoff technology ...
Antcliff, Kevin, Kohlman, Lee, Silva, Chris, Whiteside, Siena   +3 more
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Identification of Potential Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Safety Hazards from Helicopter Accident Data – Methodology and Preliminary Results

Promet (Zagreb)
Safety is paramount for aviation. The development of urban air mobility (UAM) is not excluded from consideration, however, while research generally focuses on technical and operational issues, few have been done regarding safety.
Jordi PONS-PRATS, Jovana KULJANIN, Fedja NETJASOV, Jorge SAENZ DE TEJADA MILLAN   +3 more
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Drones for parcel and passenger transportation: A literature review [PDF]

, 2020
Delivery drones and ‘air taxis’ are currently among the most intensely discussed emerging technologies, likely to expand mobility into the ‘third dimension’ of low-level airspace.
Biehle, Tobias, Fischer, Liliann, Kellermann, Robin   +2 more
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Urban Air Mobility Airspace Integration Concepts and Considerations [PDF]

Urban Air Mobility (UAM) - defined as safe and efficient air traffic operations in a metropolitan area for manned aircraft and unmanned aircraft systems - is being researched and developed by industry, academia, and government. Significant resources have
Apaza, Rafael D., Barmore, Bryan E., Battiste, Vernol, Belcastro, Christine M., Burian, Barbara K., Dao, Quang V., Feary, Michael S., Go, Susie, Goodrich, Kenneth H., Homola, Jeffrey R., Idris, Husni R., Kopardekar, Parimal H., Lachter, Joel B., Neogi, Natasha A., Ng, Hokkwan, Oseguera-Lohr, Rosa M., Patterson, Michael D., Thipphavong, David P., Verma, Savita A.   +18 more
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Simulating Fleet Noise for Notional UAM Vehicles and Operations in New York [PDF]

This paper presents the results of systems-level simulations using Metrosim that were conducted for notional Urban Air Mobility (UAM)-style vehicles analyzed for two different scenarios for New York (NY). UAM is an aviation industry term for passenger or
Glaab, Patricia, Lee, Paul U., Santos, Michel, Sharma, Rohit, Tamburro, Ralph, Wieland, Frederick   +5 more
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Review of Wind Flow Modelling in Urban Environments to Support the Development of Urban Air Mobility

Drones
Urban air mobility (UAM) is a transformative mode of air transportation system technology that is targeted to carry passengers and goods in and around urban areas using electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
D S Nithya, Giuseppe Quaranta, Vincenzo Muscarello, Man Liang   +3 more
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A Quiet Helicopter for Air Taxi Operations [PDF]

NASA is exploring rotorcraft designs for VTOL air taxi operations, also known as urban air mobility (UAM) or on-demand mobility (ODM) applications. Several concept vehicles have been developed, intended to focus and guide NASA research activities in ...
Johnson, Wayne
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Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Network. Case Study: Baku Metropolitan Area

International Journal of Aviation Science and Technology
The development and implementation of the Urban Air Mobility transportation system, using electric vertical takeoff and landing (e-VTOL) aircrafts are the most promising solutions to mitigate growing congestion in big cities. The multiple studies and assumed forecasts indicate a transformation of urban and regional transportation infrastructure while ...
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