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Exploring concepts of operations for on-demand passenger air transportation

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Nneji, VC; Stimpson, A; Cummings, MM; Goodrich, KH
Published in: 17th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, 2017
January 1, 2017

In recent years, a surge of interest in “flying cars” for city commutes has led to rapid development of new technologies to help make them and similar on-demand mobility platforms a reality. To this end, this paper provides analyses of the stakeholders involved, their proposed operational concepts, and the hazards and regulations that must be addressed. Three system architectures emerged from the analyses, ranging from conventional air taxi to revolutionary fully autonomous aircraft operations, each with vehicle safety functions allocated differently between humans and machines. Advancements for enabling technologies such as distributed electric propulsion and artificial intelligence have had major investments and initial experimental success, but may be some years away from being deployed for on-demand passenger air transportation at scale.

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17th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, 2017

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Nneji, V. C., Stimpson, A., Cummings, M. M., & Goodrich, K. H. (2017). Exploring concepts of operations for on-demand passenger air transportation. In 17th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, 2017. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2017-3085
Nneji, V. C., A. Stimpson, M. M. Cummings, and K. H. Goodrich. “Exploring concepts of operations for on-demand passenger air transportation.” In 17th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, 2017, 2017. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2017-3085.
Nneji VC, Stimpson A, Cummings MM, Goodrich KH. Exploring concepts of operations for on-demand passenger air transportation. In: 17th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, 2017. 2017.
Nneji, V. C., et al. “Exploring concepts of operations for on-demand passenger air transportation.” 17th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, 2017, 2017. Scopus, doi:10.2514/6.2017-3085.
Nneji VC, Stimpson A, Cummings MM, Goodrich KH. Exploring concepts of operations for on-demand passenger air transportation. 17th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, 2017. 2017.

Published In

17th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, 2017

DOI

ISBN

9781624105081

Publication Date

January 1, 2017