Aeronautics Systems Analysis Branch – Activities
RAVEN
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Research Aircraft for eVTOL Enabling techNologies (RAVEN) is an enduring, open-source flight research capability under development with Georgia Tech.
Regional Air Mobility
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Regional Air Mobility (RAM) can bring the convenience, speed, and safety of air travel to all Americans, regardless of their proximity to a travel hub or urban center.
UAM Reference Vehicles
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The NASA UAM reference vehicles have been chosen to demonstrate specific vehicle attributes representative of those proposed across the UAM community and avoid looking like any single industry solution.
On-Demand Mobility
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The On-Demand Mobility (ODM) Team is researching the capability for immediate and flexible air transportation.
X-57 Maxwell
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The X-57 Maxwell is an experimental airplane paving the future of small-scale all-electric aeronautics.
PEGASUS
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The Parallel Electric-Gas Architecture with Synergistic Utilization Scheme (PEGASUS) concept is a novel hybrid electric aircraft.
STARC-ABL
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The STARC-ABL concept bridges the gap between current jet fuel-powered aircraft and future all-electric vehicles.
FUELEAP
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FUELEAP is an integrated power system designed to make electric propulsion feasible for small aircraft.
ATTRACTOR
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The ATTRACTOR study mission is to work toward both human trust in autonomous systems and creating autonomous systems worthy of trust through explainable AI (XAI).
Quesst
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As the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, the X-59 is set to become the world’s first quiet supersonic research aircraft.
Safe2Ditch
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Safe2Ditch is a ground-breaking emergency software designed to autonomously fly a UAV to the ground.
HEATheR
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The HEATheR will study new ways to increase the efficiency of heat converters while also simplifying the technology.
AQUIFER
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The AQUIFER study works on reducing the noise impact of aircraft on communities while combining them with water based, iron infused batteries.
M-SHELLS
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Coming Soon
Risk Assessment for UAS
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To meet the challenge of UAS operations, NASA developed a pre-flight risk assessment service within NASA’s development UAS Traffic Management system.