MIT Lincoln Laboratory Advanced Air Mobility Activities: Presentations to the AAM Interagency Working Group
Creators: name: Edwards, Matthew
name: Alvarez, Luis
name: Bickmeier, Laura
name: Jessen, Ian
name: Guendel, Randal
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Air Traffic Control
Advanced Air Mobility
Urban Air Mobility
Uncrewed Aircraft System
Conflict Management
Detect and Avoid
Collision Avoidance
Vehicle to Vehicle
Aircraft to Everything
Separation Standards
Demand and Capacity

description: The successful realization of the incremental Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) vision will require the consideration and development of expanding airspace integration elements, to include concepts, capabilities, and evaluation methods. Key to airspace integration are conflict management capabilities that are designed to prevent collisions between aircraft and hazards, such as other aircraft, weather, and terrain. MIT Lincoln Laboratory has been collaborating with the government, industry, and academia to understand how existing conflict management elements may be leveraged and to identify and address gaps. Two presentations will be provided to the AAM IWG that describe the applicability of existing methods and capabilities and associated AAM advancements: ·24 July: Introduce the conflict management system development approach and how it can be adapted for AAM, to include the requisite demand and environment modeling, and focusing on a method for determining separation standards. ·31 July: Describe current AAM technology capability development activities, with a focus on collision avoidance technology enabled by an aircraft-to-everything (A2X) communications link. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release. Distribution is unlimited. This material is based upon work supported by the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Department of the Air Force under Air Force Contract No. FA8702-15-D-0001. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Federal Aviation Administration. © 2023 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Delivered to the U.S. Government with Unlimited Rights, as defined in DFARS Part 252.227-7013 or 7014 (Feb 2014). Notwithstanding any copyright notice, U.S. Government rights in this work are defined by DFARS 252.227-7013 or DFARS 252.227-7014 as detailed above. Use of this work other than as specifically authorized by the U.S. Government may violate any copyrights that exist in this work. For work supported by the Federal Aviation Administration:<br> This document is derived from work done for the FAA (and possibly others), it is not the direct product of work done for the FAA. The information provided herein may include content supplied by third parties. Although the data and information contained herein has been produced or processed from sources believed to be reliable, the Federal Aviation Administration makes no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding the accuracy, adequacy, completeness, legality, reliability, or usefulness of any information, conclusions or recommendations provided herein. Distribution of the information contained herein does not constitute an endorsement or warranty of the data or information provided herein by the Federal Aviation Administration or the U.S. Department of Transportation. Neither the Federal Aviation Administration nor the U.S. Department of Transportation shall be held liable for any improper or incorrect use of the information contained herein and assumes no responsibility for anyone’s use of the information. The Federal Aviation Administration and U.S. Department of Transportation shall not be liable for any claim for any loss, harm, or other damages arising from access to or use of data information, including without limitation any direct, indirect, incidental, exemplary, special or consequential damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. The Federal Aviation Administration shall not be liable for any decision made or action taken, in reliance on the information contained herein.