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Stay up-to-date with the latest content from AMP as we help emerging aviation markets to safely develop an air transportation system that moves people and cargo between places previously not served or underserved by aviation – local, regional, intraregional, urban – using revolutionary new aircraft that are only just now becoming possible.

NASA Autonomous Flight Software Successfully Used in Air Taxi Stand-Ins
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In late October, two research helicopters from the manufacturer Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, made a dozen test flights over…

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Aero Engineer Brings NASA into Hawaii’s Classrooms
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The field of aerial vehicle autonomy focuses on self-reliance, building the flight equivalent of puppets without puppeteers. Behind the scenes,…

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Government and Industry Collaboration Leads to First Air Taxi Delivery 
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A new air taxi from the manufacturer Joby Aviation will allow NASA to evaluate how this kind of vehicle could…

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NASA Uses New Air Taxi Ride Simulator to Test Passenger Comfort
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To create a future where air taxis are a regular form of transportation, passengers need to be comfortable. That’s why…

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What is the Vertical Motion Simulator?
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The world’s largest flight simulator for high-fidelity testing of new and experimental aircraft and spacecraft designs Driven by powerful motors…

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NASA Research Gathers Key Radar Data for Autonomous Air Cargo Delivery
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When autonomous air taxis and cargo delivery vehicles fly above neighborhoods, safe operations will depend on their ability to detect…

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Eyes on Ice
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Curtis Flack (left) and Paul von Hardenberg inspect the ice formation on the spinner of an Advanced Air Mobility proprotor…

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NASA’s Autonomous Aircraft Decision Tech Gets Simulated Urban Test
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Cities are complicated places to fly, presenting challenges – both known and unpredictable – for current and future air vehicles.…

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NASA is Creating an Advanced Air Mobility Playbook
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NASA is building the system to make soaring over traffic in air taxis, providing public-good missions in the form of…

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For Advanced Air Mobility, Safety is Paramount
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Lee esta historia en español aquí. Companies around the world are creating innovative new aircraft designs like electric vertical take-off and landing…

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NASA Tests Advanced Air Mobility Automation Concepts with Sikorsky and DARPA
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New forms of highly automated Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) aircraft, such as electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles, could…

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Building the Infrastructure for Advanced Air Mobility
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Read this feature in Spanish here. Small drones delivering packages, air taxis carrying passengers, or air ambulance providing lifesaving transportation…

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NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility Mission Researches Noise
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Read this feature in Spanish here. When the public thinks about the addition of drones, air taxis, or new cargo…

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Advanced Air Mobility Plans for Vertiports
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Read this feature in Spanish here. Looking forward to catching an air taxi? NASA is working to answer where Advanced…

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NASA’s International Collaboration Furthers Progress in Advanced Air Mobility
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Two international organizations with the shared goal of expanding innovation in aviation have formalized their collaborative relationship in aviation-related research.…

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Advanced Air Mobility Looks Ahead to Automation
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Read this feature in Spanish here. Using software to handle tasks to assist people is not a new concept –…

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Sign Up to Fly with NASA Using the Flight Log Experience
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NASA Aeronautics is cleared for takeoff through 2022, and we invite you and your family, friends, and classmates to join…

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NASA and Bell Complete Helicopter and APT-70 Flights
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NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign continues to prepare for National Campaign 1 or NC-1 by conducting flight test efforts…

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Advanced Air Mobility for Emergencies
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Read this feature in Spanish here. Hurricanes, floods, fires, earthquakes – our planet faces many of these natural disasters each…

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AAM Safety Poster Contest Winner
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Lydia S., from Wisconsin is the winner of a poster contest sponsored by NASA Aeronautics’ Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) project.…

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Building Future Air Taxis to See Through the Fog
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While the sun beat down on the New Mexico desert, inside, a dense fog hung in the air. In a…

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Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign Partners
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To integrate air taxis, cargo delivery aircraft, and other new vehicle concepts into the National Airspace System, NASA’s Advanced Air…

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Advanced Air Mobility Holding Poster Contest
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NASA Aeronautics’ Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) project is holding a poster contest for kids in grades 6-12 – who, in…

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What is Air Traffic Management eXploration?
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Transforming air traffic management to accommodate new air vehicles and demand for increased mobility Operators of new and emerging aircraft…

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NASA and Joby Complete Flight Tests
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Members from NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign team were on site at Joby’s Electric Flight Base located near Big Sur,…

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NASA Begins Air Taxi Flight Testing with Joby
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NASA began flight testing Monday with Joby Aviation’s all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft as part of the agency’s…

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About Air Mobility Pathfinders Project
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NASA’s vision for Air Mobility Pathfinders (AMP) is to help emerging aviation markets to safely develop an air transportation system…

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AMP Project Technical Content and Approaches
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NASA’s vision for Air Mobility Pathfinders (AMP) is to help emerging aviation markets to safely develop an air transportation system…

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What is Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management?
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NASA is working to safely integrate drones into low-altitude airspace. Ever wonder what the skies will look like in the…

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NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign Helicopter Tests
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NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign, referred to as NC for short, is one step closer to its vision of a…

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