Regional Air Mobility Resources

Previous RAM Work at NASA

N. Borer et al., Regulatory Considerations for Future Regional Air Mobility Aircraft, 2023

S. Viken et al., Overview of the Small Aircraft Transportation System Project Four Enabling Operating Capabilities, 2006

M. Moore, NASA Puffin Electric Tailsitter VTOL Concept, 2010

N. Borer et al., Design and Performance of the NASA SCEPTOR Distributed Electric Propulsion Flight Demonstrator, 2016

N. Borer et al., Design and Performance of a Hybrid-Electric Fuel Cell Flight Demonstration Concept, 2018

A. Hahn, Next Generation NASA GA Advanced Concept, 2006

K. Antcliff et al., Regional Air Mobility: Leveraging our National Investments to Energize the American Travel Experience, 2021

Ongoing Regional Air Mobility Studies

“What’s Next in Regional (Air) Mobility” study (NASA Intercenter Systems Analysis Team)

• AIAA-2023-3294, Regulatory Considerations for Future Regional Air Mobility Aircraft
• AIAA-2023-3324, Network Level Performance of In-Flight Recharge for Hybrid-Electric Regional Aircraft
• AIAA-2023-3609, Investigation of Energy Reserve Requirements for eCTOL Aircraft using a Trajectory Energy Management Simulation
• AIAA-2021-3178, Design and Operation Considerations for the Integration of Fleets of Regional Air Mobility Aircraft at Large Hubs
• AIAA-2021-3179, Demand Modeling and Operations Optimization for Advanced Regional Air Mobility
• AIAA-2022-0259, Combined Passenger and Cargo Operations for Electrified Regional Air Mobility
• Transportation Research Part C 138 (2022) 103567, Integrated fleet assignment and scheduling for environmentally friendly electrified regional air mobility 
• NREL/TP-5R00-84176, Impacts of Regional Air Mobility and Electrified Aircraft on Airport Electricity Infrastructure and Demand

Other relevant articles

• NREL/TP-6A20-80220, Electrification of Aircraft: Challenges, Barriers, and Potential Impacts
• NREL/TP-6A40-81644, Examining Supply-Side Options to Achieve 100% Clean Electricity by 2035