The data will also help define and optimize AAM routes and low-noise flight paths for community needs and assist the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in creating policy. With tools that predict noise correctly, manufacturers can design vehicles for quiet operation in urban and rural areas. The data NASA collects and analyzes from these tests with electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOLs) will ensure that the agency’s aircraft design tools correctly predict noise levels for these types of vehicles. The Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) project and Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology project work together to conduct testing with industry partners. NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility mission is developing design tools that manufacturers can use to reduce noise impacts. Will these aircraft buzz over housing areas? Add to noise pollution? NASA is working to help make sure when these innovative new aircraft join the airspace, they are quiet. When the public thinks about the addition of drones, air taxis, or new cargo delivery aircraft, noise is a common concern.
