Urban Air Mobility Landscape Report: Initial Examination of a New Air Transportation System

Abstract

This report provides an overview and initial examination of Urban Air Mobility, an emerging form of air transportation service in low-altitude airspace. It addresses six main questions: What is Urban Air Mobility(UAM)? What is enabling this new industry? Who are some major participants in UAM? What are the challenges to enabling UAM operations? When will we see UAM operations? Why does this matter? We expect the industry vision to evolve as technologies are matured and policies are enacted.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1107954

Entities

People

  • Andrew Lacher
  • Brock Lascara
  • David Maroney
  • Matthew Degarmo
  • Michael Guterres
  • Thomas Spencer

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Navigation
  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Air Transportation
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Automation
  • Civil Aviation
  • Commerce
  • Control Systems
  • Electric Propulsion
  • Environment
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Guidance
  • Low Altitude
  • Navigation
  • Passengers
  • Standards
  • Transportation
  • United States
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space