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Autonomous Aircraft Logistics: Challenges and Opportunities

项目名称：	Autonomous Aircraft Logistics: Challenges and Opportunities
摘要：	The rise of autonomous vehicles of all types has created a new landscape of autonomous logistics that is rather complex and filled with uncertainties. As carriers initiated partnerships with major retailers and restaurants to deliver groceries and food with autonomous road and sidewalk robotic vehicles, the global pandemic of 2019 has solidified and accelerated those trends. These developments resulted in a blossoming new field called autonomous logistics. This research focuses on the subfield of autonomous aircraft logistics. This proposal focuses on the subfield of autonomous aircraft cargo logistics (AACL) to directly contrast it with autonomous aircraft passenger logistics or flying taxis. AACL will potentially compete with trucks and other modes of ground transportation. The competition is likely to upend business models and change the landscape for logistics. The goal of this research is to understand the scope of AACL applications, prospects for adoption, deployment challenges, and the potential implications for planners and policymaking.
状态：	Active
资金：	366000
资助组织：	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
项目负责人：	Tolliver, Denver
执行机构：	Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
开始时间：	20210917
预计完成日期：	20220731
主题领域：	Aviation；Data and Information Technology；Freight Transportation；Operations and Traffic Management；Planning and Forecasting；Vehicles and Equipment