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Unmanned Traffic Management (“UTM”)
Published in R. Kurt Barnhart, Douglas M. Marshall, Eric J. Shappee, Introduction to Unmanned Aircraft Systems, 2021
UTM will support more than very low level (VLL) operations: air taxis, high-altitude (high “E”), and perhaps even space traffic management (STM) operations. Urban air mobility (UAM), increasingly known as Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), the infrastructure and aircraft for short-haul urban air transportation, is introduced. UAM components include multimodal aerial ride sharing, electric aircraft, an automation platform, and connected skyports. What is being learned in UTM will inform and enable UAM.
The Technology Readiness and Acceptance Model as a Predictor of Pilots’ Willingness to Operate in UAM Integrated Airspace
Published in The International Journal of Aerospace Psychology, 2023
Lakshmi Vempati, Paul Myers, Scott R. Winter
In recent months both the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have released their visions for the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) concept of operations. There is ongoing research by these and other agencies, industry, and academia on airspace integration challenges, aircraft certification, infrastructure, capabilities and systems, community engagement, safety, and security of integrated operations in the National Airspace System (NAS). Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), as defined by NASA, represents myriads of operational use cases ranging from small cargo transport operations of less than 55 lbs below 400 ft to medium to large passenger and cargo transport operations with varying levels of autonomy and optionally piloted, remotely piloted to fully autonomous operations (Federal Aviation Administration [FAA] Next Generation Office [NextGen], 2020; NASA, 2020).