WEBVTT 1 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:23.120 Advanced Air Mobility or AAM is a new transportation system that allows us to get 2 00:00:23.120 --> 00:00:27.660 between cities, allows us to move passengers and cargo on an on-demand fashion. 3 00:00:27.660 --> 00:00:33.540 it's it's new and exciting it allows us to have these new vehicle configurations that we've never dreamed of before. 4 00:00:34.720 --> 00:00:37.430 So, AAM is the way of the future for aeronautics. 5 00:00:37.430 --> 00:00:44.600 One area that NASA's AAM team is focusing on in their research is the area of vertiports. 6 00:00:46.080 --> 00:00:52.170 A vertiport is where these new class of AAM vehicles can take off and land vertically. 7 00:00:52.170 --> 00:00:56.800 It needs less real estate less area than an airport 8 00:00:56.800 --> 00:01:03.910 and allows us to access different parts of the city that were previously inaccessible by helicopters because of loud noise. 9 00:01:03.910 --> 00:01:06.640 NASA's Advanced Air Mobility mission is going to help 10 00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:12.000 integrate these vertiports into some of the existing infrastructure and allow to add places for 11 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:18.960 electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles or eVTOLS to take off and land in cities and suburbs. 12 00:01:18.960 --> 00:01:22.430 These AAM vehicles are going to be electric in their nature. 13 00:01:22.430 --> 00:01:31.120 They're going to require power sources going to those helipads and then the density of operations is going to be such that 14 00:01:31.120 --> 00:01:36.850 there's going to be a lot of aircraft taking off and landing which requires potentially other systems such as automation. 15 00:01:36.850 --> 00:01:41.520 Our research is focused on trying to enable a new system 16 00:01:41.520 --> 00:01:49.440 where automation helps at large scale and allows for both safety uh security and efficiency 17 00:01:49.440 --> 00:01:56.430 and to make sure that you as a passenger get from one point to another on time and safely.