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NASA Moves Drone Package Delivery Industry Closer to Reality

December 10, 2024

Lillian Gipson

Package delivery drones are coming to our doorsteps in the future, and NASA wants to make sure that when medication or pizza deliveries take to the skies, they will be safe. In July, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the first time authorized multiple U.S. companies to fly commercial drones in the same airspace without…
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NASA Armstrong Builds Sensor Pod for Autonomous Flight

November 12, 2024

Dede Dinius

The design and build of a unique NASA pod, produced to advance computer vision for autonomous aviation, was recently completed in-house at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, by using the center’s unique fabrication capabilities. The pod is called the NASA Airborne Instrumentation for Real-world Video of Urban Environments (AIRVUE). NASA Armstrong can…
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NASA Develops Pod to Help Autonomous Aircraft Operators

August 26, 2024

Dede Dinius

For self-flying aircraft to take to the skies, they need to learn about their environments to avoid hazards. NASA aeronautics researchers recently developed a camera pod with sensors to help with this challenge by advancing computer vision for autonomous aviation. This pod is called the Airborne Instrumentation for Real-world Video of Urban Environments (AIRVUE). It…
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NASA Prepares for Air Taxi Passenger Comfort Studies

June 27, 2024

Dede Dinius

A new custom virtual reality flight simulator built by NASA researchers will allow them to explore how passengers experience air taxi rides and collect data that will help designers create new aircraft with passenger comfort in mind. Wayne Ringelberg, a test pilot at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, recently completed a series…
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NASA Noise Prediction Tool Supports Users in Air Taxi Industry

April 4, 2024

Dede Dinius

Several air taxi companies are using a NASA-developed computer software tool to predict aircraft noise and aerodynamic performance. This tool allows manufacturers working in fields related to NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility mission to see early in the aircraft development process how design elements like propellors or wings would perform. This saves the industry time and…
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NASA Advanced Air Mobility Partnerships

March 20, 2024

Lillian Gipson

NASA is partnered with other government agencies, industry, and academia to conduct Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) research to benefit a future transportation system with routine flight of air taxis and drones. See the current partnerships below and in the map above. AerostarSioux Falls, South DakotaNASA and Aerostar are conducting collaborative evaluation of a NASA prototype…
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NASA Autonomous Flight Software Successfully Used in Air Taxi Stand-Ins

January 25, 2024

Dede Dinius

In late October, two research helicopters from the manufacturer Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, made a dozen test flights over Long Island Sound, Connecticut taking care to avoid other aircraft in the area around them. Except the ordinary-looking helicopters were flying autonomously – guided by NASA-designed software – and those other aircraft were virtual, part…
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NASA Flies Drones Autonomously for Air Taxi Research

December 21, 2023

Jim Banke

Researchers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia recently flew multiple drones beyond visual line of sight with no visual observer. The drones successfully flew around obstacles and each other during takeoff, along a planned route, and upon landing, all autonomously without a pilot controlling the flight.
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NASA, Joby Pave the Way for Air Taxis in Busy Airports

December 20, 2023

Hillary Smith

Researchers are one step closer to integrating air taxis and other electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles into the country’s busiest airports, thanks to a new air traffic simulation developed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and Joby Aviation. These zero-operating-emission aircraft use electric power to take off, cruise, and land,…
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Category: Advanced Air Mobility

NASA Moves Drone Package Delivery Industry Closer to Reality

NASA Armstrong Builds Sensor Pod for Autonomous Flight

NASA Develops Pod to Help Autonomous Aircraft Operators

NASA Prepares for Air Taxi Passenger Comfort Studies

NASA Noise Prediction Tool Supports Users in Air Taxi Industry

NASA Advanced Air Mobility Partnerships

NASA Autonomous Flight Software Successfully Used in Air Taxi Stand-Ins

NASA Flies Drones Autonomously for Air Taxi Research

NASA, Joby Pave the Way for Air Taxis in Busy Airports

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