The Advanced Air Mobility Institute has announced the publication of the Forum Summary Report from the ‘24 summer session of the Global Advanced Air Mobility Forum (GAAMF), a two-day virtual event held on July 29th and 30th. The report highlights 60 speakers representing various sectors of the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) industry and captures the perspectives shared by participants from 48 countries offering their valuable insights into the future of air mobility including discussions on connectivity, sustainability, economic growth, and the integration of innovative AAM solutions into urban landscapes. ”
A comprehensive survey was conducted to identify the most beneficial and impactful use case applications for Advanced Air Mobility technologies from a global perspective. Responses were gathered from Liaisons to provide an overview of the current priorities and potential areas for AAM deployment:
Public Safety: AAM technologies can improve emergency response, disaster relief, and routine tasks for first responders around the world. These life-saving missions should be prioritized over all other use cases because not only are there objective, indisputable benefits, it will also bolster progress in terms of public acceptance for each of the other respective use cases. Not only did the Public Safety aka Drones as First Responder (DFR) use case earn a composite #1 ranking, 37.2% of Liaisons believe it to be the single most important application. Indeed, no Liaison ranked it last on their individual response.
Air Medical Transport: The high ranking here reflects a global recognition of the potential for AAM to enhance access to healthcare, especially in remote or underserved areas, must be prioritized. Whether the intent is to expedite EMTs to the site of an accident, more quickly retrieve patients in the field, or delivering medicine, vaccines or even organs, AAM technology can compliment ground ambulances as well as conventional helicopter MedEvac operations. The Air Medical Transport aka eVTOL as Air Medical Service (eAMS) use case commanded a top 3 ranking among 69.8% of Liaisons.
Agriculture Services: UAS drones and autonomous helicopters have proven to have great promise in precision agriculture, including crop monitoring and spraying, which can optimize farming practices and contribute to sustainable agriculture goals. Interestingly, this use case had the most extreme distribution of rankings with 11.6% as highest priority but also 9.3% as lowest priority.
Cargo Delivery: There continues to be growing demand for efficient, fast, and reliable transportation of goods, particularly in urban and suburban areas, showcasing AAM’s ability to revolutionize logistics. This category encompasses on-demand commercial products, parcels, and industrial supplies. The focus here is on the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of using UAS drones or eVTOLs for last-mile as well as eSTOLs or eCTOLs for middle mile. This use case could be quite useful for more rural communities where traditional ground transportation can be challenging due to terrain. The Cargo Delivery use case is definitively a mid-priority use case receiving more than 2x as many #ti rankings than any other.
For more information
wwww.aaminstitute.org