AAM Ecosystem Community Integration Working Group:Roles & Responsibilities

AgendaAugust 5, 2021

3:30pm - 5:30pm ET

Time (ET) Topic Speaker

3:30PM - 3:35PM Welcome Nancy Mendonca, NASA

3:35PM – 3:50PM Community Roles & Responsibilities Overview Nancy Mendonca, NASA

3:50PM – 4:05PM Advancing Air Mobility in Communities Brittney Kohler, National League of

Cities

4:05PM – 4:20PMLooking Ahead at the State Regulatory

Landscape

Greg Pecoraro, National Association

of State Aviation Officials

4:20PM – 4:35PMRoles, Responsibilities and How Digital Policy

May HelpTodd Petersen, Ellis & Associates

4:35PM – 5:00PM

Discussion with the Audience, including:

• Active Participates: MS Teams chat and

open microphone

• Listen Only Participants: Conferences.io

All the Above

5:00PM – 5:25PM Weather Living Lab’s Potential for Improving

Efficiency and Safety in AAMDavid Hermanns, Lockheed Martin

5:25PM – 5:30PM Closing RemarksNancy Mendonca, NASA

Marcus Johnson, NASA

Platforms and Discussion

• Active Participants– Platform: MS Teams

– Discussion: MS Teams microphone, chat, and “Raise your hand” functions

• Leave your cameras/webcams off to preserve WiFi bandwidth

• Use your mute/unmute button (e.g., remain on mute unless you are speaking)

• Enter comments/questions in the chat

• Click the “Raise your hand” button if you wish to speak

• Say your name and affiliation before you begin speaking

• Listen Only Participants– Platform: YouTube Live Stream

• Go to https://nari.arc.nasa.gov/aam-portal/ for the link

– Discussion: Conferences.io

• Enter https://arc.cnf.io/ into your browser and select the applicable session

• Questions will be addressed if times permits or at the facilitator’s discretion3

Today’s Scope, Focus and Goal

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• Roles and Responsibilities• Current roles and responsibilities, not how they could be in the future

• Actors• Community Actors, actors focused on vehicle and airspace are best addressed

within other AEWGs• Community Actors can be considered in several categories

• Decision Makers e.g., elected Officials• Supporting Decision Makers, e.g., State/Local DOTs• Local Residents• Coalitions of the above, e.g., Conference of Mayors, NASAO, Citizens for

the Abatement of Aircraft Noise (CAAN)• Today’s Goal

• Provide a forum to share current roles and responsibilities and how that links to AAM including community engagement

Community Engagement Stakeholders

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• Decision Makers (National) –• Government (Federal) –• Federal Interagency Groups –• Standards Bodies –• State/Tribal Decision Makers –• State Level Associations –• Regional Groups –• Local Decision Makers –• Local Associations –• Local AAM users –• Local Universities & Workforce training entities• Industry Manufacturing –• Industry Operators -• Infrastructure Providers –• Other transportation providers –• Incubators/Investors• Communities and Community Groups –• National Associations, Trade and Professional Groups, Non-Profits –

Who’s Missing?

Speaker Introduction & Participants

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• Brittany Kohler• National League of Cities (NLC) https://www.nlc.org/• Legislative Director for Transportation and Infrastructure and Federal Advocacy• Organization comprised of city, town and village leaders that are focused on

improving the quality of life for their current and future constituents• Greg Pecoraro

• National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO)• President and CEO• Dedicated to representing the interests of the states and the public before

policymakers at the federal level• Todd Petersen

• Ellis and Associates• Extensive experience working with the City of Los Angeles and the Urban

Movement Lab (UML)• UML recently announced a year long UAM Partnership

https://www.urbanmovementlabs.com/programs-projects/• Participating

• Welcome to representatives from across the ecosystem

Biographies at the end of the slide deck

Presentations & Discussion

UAM Market Study

• Performing Organization: Crown/McKinsey under contract from NASA• Status: Complete March 2018 • Summary: (This is a portion of the entire study) Of the >2500 domestic consumers

surveyed, 25% were comfortable with unmanned aerial technology and 25% report they will not use UAS or eVTOLs when the service becomes widely available

• Key results/takeaways: – Concerns from consumers fall into 5 major categories: safety, privacy, job security, environmental

threats, and noise and visual disruption– For UAS last-mile delivery, consumers are specifically concerned about safety (e.g., vehicles

malfunctioning and damaging people and property), theft of packages, and invasion of privacy from vehicle camera systems

– For UAM transport cases, consumers are most concerned about the safety of both passengers and bystanders and prohibitively high costs associated with operations

– Factors likely to increase comfort/use: phased approach in operations to address public concerns, proven safety records and demonstrations, targeted technologies R&D e.g. noise abatement, united messaging, proactive engagement with special interest groups

• Link: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20190001190/downloads/20190001190.pdf

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Resources

• NASAO State Aviation System Plan Library https://nasao.org/page/state-aviation-system-plan-library

• California Aviation System Plan / CALTRANS https://dot.ca.gov/programs/aeronautics/california-aviation-system-plan

• Ohio Economic Benefit Analysis Report

• Full Report

https://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/SPR/Research/reportsandplans/Reports/Final%20Reports/136144%20Final%20

Report.pdf

• Fact Sheet

https://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/SPR/Research/reportsandplans/Reports/Final%20Reports/136144%20Final%20

Fact%20Sheet.pdf

• Advanced Air Mobility Coordination and Leadership Act

– S.516 - https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/516

– H. R. 1339 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1339/text?r=37&s=1

• Texas Legislation proposing creating an AAM Advisory Committee

https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=87R&Bill=SB763

• Virginia Flight Information Exchange https://doav.virginia.gov/programs-and-services/aviation-

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Upcoming Community Integration WG Meetings

Typically, the Community Integration Working Group holds their meetings on the first Thursday of every month from 3:30PM -5:00PM ET (12:30PM -2:00PM PT).

• September 2, 2021: Topic: Vertiport Automation System Architecture

– POCs: Nancy Mendonca: nancy.mendonca@nasa.gov &

Anna Cavolowsky: anna.e.cavolowsky@nasa.gov

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Upcoming AAM Working Group Meetings

• Airspace Working Group: AAM Airspace Technology Virtual Exhibition

– DATE: Tuesday, August 17, 2021

– TIME: 1:30PM – 3:00PM ET (10:30AM – 12:00PM PT)

• Crosscutting Working Group: MBSE Implementation Lessons Learned

– DATE: Tuesday, August 31, 2021

– TIME: 3:30PM – 5:00PM ET (12:30PM – 2:00PM PT)

NOTE: The Aircraft Working Group will take August 2021 off. Their next meeting will be September 30, 2021.

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Speaker Biographies

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Nancy Mendonca, is currently the NASA Deputy in ARMD’s Mission Integration Office (AMIO). The AMIO integrates ARMD’s AAM efforts across the four ARMD Programs and with the AAM community. She served 24 years in the Navy flying H-46 helicopters. Between the Navy and NASA, she worked at the Missile Defense Agency, on the Marine Corps MRAP Program and at NTIA working on the Federal Strategic Spectrum Plan. She graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering and subsequently eared M.S. degrees in Aeronautical Engineering and National Security and Strategic Studies. She is also a Certified Public Accountant and has currently prioritized rescuing Great Danes and riding horses over flying helicopters.

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Brittney Kohler is the Legislative Director of Transportation and Infrastructure for the National League of Cities, advocating on behalf of the transportation networks of 19,000 cities, towns and villages across the U.S. With more than a decade of experience in infrastructure policy, Ms. Kohler leads NLC’s strategy and engagement with Congress and the Administration to modernize our nation’s infrastructure in partnership with America’s local governments and to advance the integration of air mobility alongside traditional transportation. Advancing drone and urban air mobility is an aviation priority for America’s urban, suburban, and rural cities, and she serves on the FAA’s Aviation Rulemaking Committee for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight Operations and previously as part of the FAA Drone Advisory Committee efforts. She previously served in policy and deployment roles at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Amtrak, American Society of Civil Engineers, and Infrastructure Management Group, and holds a B.A. from Agnes Scott College.

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Greg joined NASAO in early 2020 as the organization’s President and CEO and is excited to be part of one of the oldest and most consequential aviation organizations in the nation. Greg brings to NASAO more than 25 years of government relations and executive experience in the aviation and transportation sectors, both in government and associations. He served as vice president of government affairs for the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, as assistant secretary for Administration at Maryland Department of Transportation, as well as in other key leadership positions in the public and private sectors. In these roles, he has worked extensively across the Aviation community, with policymakers at every level of government, and with other association leaders. Greg has also been active in a variety of civic and community activities, including service on the City Council in Westminster, Maryland; as a Trustee of the YMCA Youth Foundation of the Central Atlantic Area; and as a member of the Friends Advisory Committee of the Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries. As President of NASAO, he now serves on the Oversight Committee of the Transportation Research Board’s Airports Cooperative Research program and the Board of the Alliance for Aviation Across America.

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Todd is a serial entrepreneur with a background in the technology, aviation, and automotive industries. He is passionate about the momentous technological changes occurring in transportation in cities, and advocates for open source technologies that both empowers cities and creates opportunities for the private sector. He identifies potential solutions to administering and managing public spaces including streets, sidewalks, and curbs, and challenges with operating drones and air-taxis within urban airspace. As a current public sector consultant, leader of a technology company, helicopter pilot, and a manufacturer of aviation components, Todd is able to view the world through the lens of public and private entities, providing direction on transportation technology solutions that are equitable, open, pragmatic, and comprehensive.

Todd, as a consultant to the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, was tasked to help write the OMF by-laws and help construct how the OMF balance the voices of cities as board members with the need for the technical voices to weigh in on how technical problems would be addressed through and between the working groups. As a member of the Technical Council, Todd will call upon his experience in both cities and the private sector to help the OMF solve the incredibly important problems.

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David Hermanns is a recent Georgia Institute of Technology graduate, graduating in May 2021 with a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and a minor in Public Policy. David started interning for NASA in the summer of 2020 at Marshall Space Flight Center as a systems engineering intern. He then worked with NASA ARMD throughout the 2020-2021 school year via the State Department’s VSFS program. David currently works in Washington, DC for Lockheed Martin Space as a Systems Engineer.