NASA's High Density Vertiplex Research

In the coming years and decades, NASA wants to

bring new and innovative aviation services to areas

across the country, which will likely mean more

helicopter-style aircraft in the skies. NASA researchers

recently completed a series of tests to help make that

vision into a reality: simulating a facility where large

volumes of vertical take-off and landing aircraft can

operate.

NASA's Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) project works to help emerging aviation markets safely develop air transportation systems to move people and cargo. Its High Density Vertiplex (HDV) subproject seeks to develop the infrastructure needed to support those systems. Much of the country's air infrastructure is dedicated to airplanes. But in the future vertiports will become increasingly important, especially in urban areas.