{"id":284035,"date":"2022-11-21T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-484153"},"modified":"2023-09-29T17:41:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T21:41:23","slug":"new-nasa-aircraft-helps-researchers-evaluate-technologies-for-urban-transport-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aeronautics\/new-nasa-aircraft-helps-researchers-evaluate-technologies-for-urban-transport-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"New NASA Aircraft Helps Researchers Evaluate Technologies for Urban Transport Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro\"><div class=\"width-full maxw-full article-header\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full\"><p class=\"label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0\">3 min read<\/p><h1 class=\"display-48 margin-bottom-2\">New NASA Aircraft Helps Researchers Evaluate Technologies for Urban Transport Systems<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-2022-c-05897.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-2022-c-05897.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A NASA-acquired Pilatus PC-12 aircraft.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-2022-c-05897.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-2022-c-05897.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-2022-c-05897.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-2022-c-05897.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-2022-c-05897.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-2022-c-05897.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-2022-c-05897.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-2022-c-05897.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-2022-c-05897.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-2022-c-05897.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/grc-2022-c-05897.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA Glenn recently acquired a Pilatus PC-12 aircraft, which will help researchers evaluate communications systems for the emerging advanced air mobility ecosystem.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">u003cstrongu003eCredits: NASAu003c\/strongu003e<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>When researchers test communications technology for the national airspace, they will be using a newly acquired tool at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/glenn\/home\/index.html\">NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center<\/a> in Cleveland.  A Pilatus PC-12 aircraft will take on a key role in the agency\u2019s investigation of how to manage the emerging advanced air mobility ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After retiring two aging aircraft in the last year, Glenn\u2019s flight operations experts conducted a detailed study to find the perfect replacement.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/grc-2022-c-05914.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/grc-2022-c-05914.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Man in blue shirt looks inside an aircraft from the drop-down steps. The aircraft sits in front of a large hangar building.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/grc-2022-c-05914.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/grc-2022-c-05914.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/grc-2022-c-05914.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/grc-2022-c-05914.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/grc-2022-c-05914.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/grc-2022-c-05914.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/grc-2022-c-05914.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/grc-2022-c-05914.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/grc-2022-c-05914.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/grc-2022-c-05914.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/grc-2022-c-05914.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">James \u201cJ.D.\u201d Demers, chief of flight operations at NASA Glenn, looks over the PC-12 aircraft when it arrives at the center.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credits: NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe needed an aircraft that had the ability to fly at high and low altitudes, was fuel efficient and had the cargo capacity to carry researchers and monitoring equipment,\u201d said James Demers, chief of Glenn\u2019s Flight Operations.  \u201cIt also needed to take off and land in a variety of challenging airport situations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new PC-12 offers the versatility NASA Glenn needed. This 2008 turboprop has a pressurized cabin and can fly at altitudes from 4,000 to 30,000 feet for long flights at a cruising speed of 322 miles per hour.  This allows it to go long distances for testing in many environments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PC-12 can land on short, unpaved runways if necessary.  It is so versatile that the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia uses it in the punishing extremes of the Outback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After NASA makes modifications to the interior to accommodate teams of researchers and their equipment, the aircraft will be used for a variety of aeronautic research missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initially, the aircraft\u2019s primary research will evaluate commercial communications technologies that will allow highly automated transportation systems to operate and move passengers or cargo at lower altitudes within urban and suburban areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe plan to evaluate the performance of a NASA partner prototype radio system, cellular services, and satellite technologies for critical information exchanges between aircraft and air traffic service providers during flight in an urban environment,\u201d said Rafael Apaza, associate project manager for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aeroresearch\/programs\/aosp\/atm-x\">Air Traffic Management eXploration<\/a> (ATM-X) project.  \u201cThe PC-12 allows us to put these technologies through good, rigorous tests in optimal locations and at altitudes where new urban vehicles will likely operate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apaza and his team will mount commercially manufactured antenna designs to the belly of the aircraft to evaluate configurations and data transfer rates and exchanges to radio ground systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFlight research trials take concepts out of the lab and into the national airspace to help us make great strides toward a better understanding of communications technology for future flight,\u201d said Apaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This work supports the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aam\">NASA Advanced Air Mobility mission\u2019s<\/a> plan to map out a safe, accessible, and affordable new air transportation system alongside industry and community partners and the Federal Aviation Administration. These new capabilities would allow passengers and cargo to travel on-demand in innovative, automated aircraft across town, between neighboring cities, or to other locations typically accessed today by car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAdding this new aircraft to our fleet will allow us to tackle a vast array of aeronautics research programs for NASA,\u201d said Demers. \u201cWe are excited to provide those opportunities for many years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Nancy Smith Kilkenny<\/em><\/strong><br><strong><em>NASA’s Glenn Research Center<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-articles\">\t\t<section class=\"hds-related-articles padding-x-0 padding-y-3 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0 text-align-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\"><h2 style=\"max-width: 100%;\" class=\"width-full w-full maxw-full\">Explore More<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0 desktop:padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aeronautics\/research-model-increases-accuracy\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black minh-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20230608-144923-nasa-ldg-full-model-ls.png?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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