Objective: Engage industry, academia, and government agencies in developing a preliminary road map that will aid in the advocacy and pursuit of emerging technologies and approaches, such as electric/hybrid power and distributed propulsion, that offer the potential to fundamentally transform Vertiport capable flight configuration designs and operational concepts. As these new configuration types cannot be modeled adequately by conventional analytical tools modeling, and do not inherently fit into the existing rotorcraft certification framework (Part 27), they require new conceptual design tools and regulations able to capture the fundamental differences in approach. This workshop will bring together interested parties to establish a foundation from which investment can fill the gaps to achieve successful new aviation products.

Workshop Approach: Combine the mutual interests of technical organizations, government laboratories (NASA, DARPA) and industry to collaboratively explore and exploit the potential for new opportunities for Vertiport capable flight. The workshop is focused on achieving participation from all stakeholders, including new and small companies aggressively focused on this topic, as well as mature aerospace companies for whom this could enhance or augment their conventional Vertiport capable flight products.

Desired Outcomes:
1. Establish and document common stakeholder needs, areas of collaboration, and advocacy to establish methods to encourage the future success of unconventional Vertiport capable flight concept solutions that are newly enabled by technologies.
2. Assemble a community to collaborate on new conceptual design and analysis tools that permit new configuration paths with far greater multi-disciplinary coupling (i.e. aero- propulsive-control) to be investigated.
3. Establish a community to develop and deploy regulatory guidelines with potential formation of an ASTM F44 Committee Subgroup for the development of consensus-based certification standards for General Aviation scale Vertiport capable flight systems that provides fixed wing approaches that don't fit within existing FAA Part 27 certification.
4. Launch an information campaign to ensure key U.S. Government agencies understand the potential benefit and industry interest in establishing new Vertiport capable flight markets.

10:30 am - 10:45 am: Morning Break (Drinks and Snacks)

10:45 am – 11:15 am: Advances in Distributed Propulsor Acoustic Modeling - Steve Rizzi, NASA Langley

11:15 am - 12:00 pm: Road Mapping Example for On-Demand Mobility - Ken Goodrich, NASA Langley

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Lunch (Provided to those who pay the food charge)
Lunch Presentation: GoFlyUp HeroX $2 Million Personal VTOL Prize – Gwen Lighter, Lighter Group

August 4th Afternoon (1:00 - 5:30 pm)

1:15 pm - 2:30 pm: Participant Perspectives (Rotating Breakout Sessions)
Three @ 25 minutes each, with group rotations / Progressive chart build-up with moderation
- Missions/Operational Concepts – Moderator: Mark Moore, NASA
- Prioritized Technical Challenges – Moderator: Brian German, Georgia Tech and Ken Goodrich, NASA
- Regulatory Roadmap – Moderator: Tom Gunnarson, Zee.Aero

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm: Afternoon Break (Soft Drinks and Snacks)
Moderators prepare breakout topic summary reports

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm: Draft Preliminary Roadmap Skeletal Framework (Combined Working Group)
Moderator: Mike Dudley
- The three Breakout Session Moderators report their topic summaries
- What is the common vision? How do they come together? What needs to change?

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm: Wrap-up / Where do We Have Consensus?

Closing Panel Discussion: Where Do We Go From Here?

7:00 pm: Meet for Dinner (Arranged No Host - not included in registration fee)

August 5 Morning (10:00 am - 2:00 pm)

Technical Chair: Mike Duffy, Boeing

Administrative Chair: Mike Dudley, NASA

Society Sponsor: Mike Hirschberg, AHS International

Organizing Organizations:

This workshop is presented by:

• American Helicopter Society International (AHS) 
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

With support from the following committees:

• AHS Advanced Vertical Flight Technical Committee
• AIAA V/STOL Aircraft Systems Technical Committee
• AIAA Transformational Flight Program Committee
• SAE Power Systems, Propulsion, Electric Powertrain and Energy Storage Committees
• ASTM F44 Committee on General Aviation Aircraft