Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) describes a new transportation system
that can help increase access to areas underserved by the current
aviation industry. It uses emerging technologies, such as new vertical
take-off and landing (VTOL) and short takeoff and landing (STOL)
aircraft, to transport people or cargo at lower altitude and within
shorter range than traditional aircraft. FAA partners with other Federal
entities to conduct AAM-related research and development
policy to ensure
this new mode of transportation is safe.
ATR’s AAM work focuses on the infrastructure needed to support this
exciting new kind of transportation, such as well-designed vertiports – specialized areas for vertical aircraft
takeoff and landing. Along with industry partners, ATR is working to build the knowledge base on topics like
VTOL aircraft design and specifications, concepts of operations, infrastructure design, and takeoff and landing
profiles.
Studies include:
1. A literature review and gap analysis; conceptual testing and simulations, and operational testing
2. An ongoing vertiport electrical infrastructure study in partnership with the Department of Energy’s
National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL)
These and other forthcoming studies will inform the policies, standards, and regulatory guidance necessary to
make innovation a reality.