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Glossary of eVTOL aircraft development & Direct Air Mobility
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used in relation to the emerging realm of eVTOL aircraft, organizations involved, and infrastructure.
https://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/Advanced_Air_Mobility_(AAM)#Definitions
According to NASA, Advanced Air Mobility is the "emerging aviation markets to safely develop an air transportation system that moves people and cargo between places previously not served or underserved by aviation – local, regional, intraregional, urban – using revolutionary new aircraft that are only just now becoming possible..."
ACAS - Airborne Collision Avoidance System https://skybrary.aero/articles/airborne-collision-avoidance-system-acas
ADS – Air Defense System
ADS-B - Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast is a surveillance technology in which an aircraft determines its position via satellite navigation or other sensors and periodically broadcasts it, enabling it to be tracked.
AFR – Advanced Air Mobility Flight Rules
AFWERX - US Air Force innovation & technology department
AGL - Above Ground Level
AIAA - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics https://www.aiaa.org or
Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc.
AICP – American Institute of Certified Planners https://www.planning.org/aicp/
AIP - Aeronautical Information Publication
AIRAC - Aeronautical Information Regulation and Control
Aircraft: “An aircraft is a vehicle or machine that is able to fly by gaining support from the air. It counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines. Common examples of aircraft include airplanes, helicopters, airships (incl. Blimps), gliders, paramotors, and balloons.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft
Air Traffic Control Service: A service provided for the purpose of preventing collisions between aircraft, and on the manoeuvring area between aircraft and obstructions; and expediting and maintaining an orderly flow of air traffic. (ICAO definition)
AIS - Aeronautical Information Service: A service established within the defined area of coverage responsible for the provision of aeronautical data and aeronautical information necessary for the safety, regularity and efficiency of air navigation (ICAO definition)
AIXM - Aeronautical Information Exchange Model
AMDAR - World Meteorological Association's Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay