{"id":93081,"date":"2021-09-02T16:33:07","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T06:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldofaviation.com\/?p=93081"},"modified":"2021-09-02T21:38:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T11:38:15","slug":"nasa-joby-aviation-begin-flying-taxi-tests-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldofaviation.com\/2021\/09\/nasa-joby-aviation-begin-flying-taxi-tests-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA, Joby Aviation begin flying taxi tests in California"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NASA has begun flying electric \u2018air taxis\u2019 in California in a bid to help regulators incorporate the aircraft safely into US airspace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The current tests, which will use electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft manufactured by Joby Aviation, began on Monday and will continue to Friday, 10 September.<\/p>\n

The Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign will determine the regulations and policies in the US to soon incorporate eVTOL\u2019s into the nation\u2019s airspace.<\/p>\n

While flying cars have been heralded over the years, companies across the globe are boosting efforts to make them a reality.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese testing scenarios will help inform gaps in current standards to benefit the industry\u2019s progress of integrating AAM vehicles into the airspace,\u201d said Davis Hackenberg, NASA AAM mission manager.<\/p>\n

The testing will take place across multiple locations over several years.<\/p>\n

During the flights, NASA will collect vehicle performance and acoustic data to use for future simulations, calculating how it moves, sounds and communicates with controllers.<\/p>\n

Over 50 microphones are installed in the eVTOL to measure how the aircraft works in different stages of flight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The tests will ready the AAM campaign to execute more complex flying scenarios with other companies in 2022, part of the next phase called NC-1.<\/p>\n

\u201cNASA\u2019s AAM National Campaign is critical to driving scientific understanding and public acceptance of eVTOL aircraft,\u201d said JoeBen Bevirt, founder and CEO of Joby Aviation.<\/p>\n

NASA and Joby began their partnership in 2012 to begin several electric flight projects \u2013 now, Joby has been chosen to be the first company to join the AAM campaign.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s zero-emissions aircraft can carry four passengers with one pilot, deploys a 150-mile range and can top 200mph speed during flight.<\/p>\n

The all-electric aircraft is expected to receive certification in 2023 for commercial flights to take off in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen fully integrated into the national airspace, AAM will provide an efficient and affordable system for passenger and cargo transportation, and other applications in the public interest,\u201d NASA said.<\/p>\n

The agency added this system in America could be used to as package delivery drones, air taxis, medical transport vehicles and more.<\/p>\n

The campaign was launched in 2020 from NASA\u2019s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) to break down barriers that remain in the air mobility industry.<\/p>\n

While NASA is most commonly known for its work in space, the agency has boosted its aviation efforts in recent years.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, NASA released the first glimpse of its\u00a0prototype supersonic aircraft<\/a>\u00a0as part of a collaboration with aerospace conglomerate Lockheed Martin.<\/p>\n

NASA awarded Lockheed Martin\u2019s Skunk Works in Palmdale a US$247.5 million contract to design, build and fly a 30-metre demonstrator prototype \u2013 X-59 QueSST \u2013 and it\u2019s hoped the larger aircraft will fly over several US cities in 2022 to validate the results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The current tests, which will use electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft manufactured by Joby Aviation, began on Monday and will continue to Friday 10 September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3418,"featured_media":93082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[322],"tags":[58],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldofaviation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93081"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldofaviation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldofaviation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldofaviation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3418"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldofaviation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93081"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/worldofaviation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93089,"href":"https:\/\/worldofaviation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93081\/revisions\/93089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldofaviation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldofaviation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldofaviation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldofaviation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}