Pathfinding for Airspace with Autonomous Vehicles
Collaboratively developing concepts and technologies to allow for the seamless and scalable integration of increasingly autonomous aircraft
Our Goal
Increasingly autonomous aircraft will revolutionize aviation in the not-too-distant future – including how goods are moved across the United States. NASA has completed significant research needed to enable UAS operations, which will be leveraged by the PAAV subproject. PAAV will initially focus on the seamless and scalable integration of increasingly autonomous aircraft. These vehicles will fly in the same airspace as commercial aircraft, with pilots outside of the vehicle.
Benefits
The benefits of an airspace system transformation via new concepts and technologies include:
- Allowing for higher levels of operational autonomy
- Enabling air cargo to be transported regionally or nationally with greater speed and efficiency than is possible today
- Accelerating US leadership and industry growth for increasingly autonomous operations in the NAS