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It is an aircraft capable of vertical takeoff, vertical landing, and low speed flight. After vertical takeoff, aircraft in the powered-lift category can then fly like an airplane during cruise flight. Powered lift operations include air taxis, cargo delivery and a variety of operations within urban and rural areas.
The FAA is at the forefront of establishing an operational Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) ecosystem at one or more key sites in the United States soon. The FAA is working to safely and responsibly usher in this new era in aviation.
This new era of aviation will succeed only if it is safely integrated into our National Airspace System, just like aircraft currently flying in the United States are today. That's the FAA's job: Making sure this new generation of aircraft maintain the high level of safety that defines modern aviation. The FAA has completed updating its regulations to allow for aircraft in the powered-lift category to operate safely in the National Airspace System (NAS).