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The state of the art and operational scenarios for urban air mobility with unmanned aircraft

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2021

F. D. Maia Open the ORCID record for F. D. Maia [Opens in a new window]  and
J. M. Lourenço da Saúde
F. D. Maia*
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Aerospace Engineering Department Universidade da Beira Interior Covilhã, Portugal
J. M. Lourenço da Saúde
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Aerospace Engineering Department Universidade da Beira Interior Covilhã, Portugal
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filipemaia.ae@gmail.com
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Abstract

A state-of-the-art review of all the developments, standards and regulations associated with the use of major unmanned aircraft systems under development is presented. Requirements and constraints are identified by evaluating technologies specific to urban air mobility, considering equivalent levels of safety required by current and future civil aviation standards. Strategies, technologies and lessons learnt from remotely piloted aviation and novel unmanned traffic management systems are taken as the starting point to assess operational scenarios for autonomous urban air mobility.

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urban air mobilityconcept of operationsautonomous aircraftunmanned traffic management

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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 125 , Issue 1288 , June 2021 , pp. 1034 - 1063
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This paper presents a review on enablers for autonomous urban air mobility performed by unmanned aircraft as well as an assessment of operational scenarios.

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