AMU-LED Cranfield Flight Trials for Demonstrating the Advanced Air Mobility Concept

Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) is a concept that is expected to transform the current air transportation system and provide more flexibility, agility, and accessibility by extending the operations to urban environments. This study focuses on flight test, integration, and analysis considerations for the...

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Published inAerospace Vol. 10; no. 9; p. 775
Main Authors Altun, Arinc Tutku, Hasanzade, Mehmet, Saldiran, Emre, Guner, Guney, Uzun, Mevlut, Fremond, Rodolphe, Tang, Yiwen, Bhundoo, Prithiviraj, Su, Yu, Xu, Yan, Inalhan, Gokhan, Hardt, Michael W., Fransoy, Alejandro, Modha, Ajay, Tena, Jose Antonio, Nieto, Cesar, Vilaplana, Miguel, Tojal, Marta, Gordo, Victor, Menendez, Pablo, Gonzalez, Ana
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2023
Subjects
Advanced Air Mobility
Air transportation
Aircraft
Aircraft industry
Analysis
Automation
Aviation
Contingency
Drones
Emergency procedures
flight test
Flight tests
General aviation
Information management
Light-emitting diodes
Simulation
Surveillance
Transportation systems
U-space
UAS
urban air mobility
Urban environments
UTM
United Kingdom
Belgium
United States
Spain
United Kingdom > UK
United States > US
Europe
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Summary:Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) is a concept that is expected to transform the current air transportation system and provide more flexibility, agility, and accessibility by extending the operations to urban environments. This study focuses on flight test, integration, and analysis considerations for the feasibility of the future AAM concept and showcases the outputs of the Air Mobility Urban-Large Experimental Demonstration (AMU-LED) project demonstrations at Cranfield University. The purpose of the Cranfield demonstrations is to explore the integrated decentralized architecture of the AAM concept with layered airspace structure through various use cases within a co-simulation environment consisting of real and simulated standard-performing vehicle (SPV) and high-performing vehicle (HPV) flights, manned, and general aviation flights. Throughout the real and simulated flights, advanced U-space services are demonstrated and contingency management activities, including emergency operations and landing, are tested within the developed co-simulation environment. Moreover, flight tests are verified and validated through key performance indicator analysis, along with a social acceptance study. Future recommendations on relevant industrial and regulative activities are provided.
ISSN:2226-4310
2226-4310
DOI:10.3390/aerospace10090775