NASA NTRS · 20220016114
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Annie Cheng. Secure Airspace for UAM Workshop. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20220016114
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Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is the name chosen for the concept of using the airspace over urban areas to satisfy the public imperative for fast and efficient transportation within growing metropolitan areas. This Operational Concept (OpsCon) describes a community vision of the projected evolution of urban air service with vehicles capable of carrying one or more passengers.
Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is a burgeoning flight services concept for passenger and cargo airborne applications operating within and around urban environments. Among the services envisioned, most attention is being directed at airborne personal transport to improve transit time and mitigate automobile congestion. In addition, delivery services for more efficient transport of goods and local area information gathering for timely media dissemination and emergency monitoring will also likely be early UAM system applications. Among the infrastructure components in need of development are communications systems that manage these air vehicles. Not only will there be a need to communicate with the pilots in command of the aircraft for traffic management, but the control of the aircraft and monitoring of the aircraft systems will also need to use these communications systems to ensure safe operations.
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