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advanced air mobility or aam is nasa's
vision
for a new air travel capability enabled
by small aircraft one area the nasa aam
team is working on is automation
autonomy for aam is the use of
integrated hardware and software
to be able to make the aircraft
essentially be able to fly itself so
it'll be able to see and plan around
any hazards that are in the area
and just help ensure that the flight is
safe and effective
autonomy is using technology to perform
things that typically an expert pilot
would use today
our goal is to complement what the pilot
does through the use of technology to
make their job simpler that first starts
with analysis so being able to prove
through mathematics or computer
simulation
that the concepts are working as
designed the second part is providing
the
methods or pathways for being able to
certify that those technologies
are safe autonomy is already enabling
activities on small unmanned aircraft so
for example automated package delivery
which
several companies are currently testing
in a prototype stage
longer term
we envision air taxis that would be able
to
pick up and carry people without any
pilot on board would be a remote
supervisor on the ground that's
overseeing the operation but the onboard
execution of the flight could be done
strictly by the vehicle in its systems
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