Preliminary Requirement Elicitation for Urban Air Mobility in India – A Mission-Based Approach

The present paper reports preliminary requirement elicitation for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) from Indian perspective. A mission based approach has been adopted to identify the stakeholders and their respective requirements during different phases of the mission profile. Non adherence to the requirements emerge as possible risks for the mission and need mitigation planning. Three UAM operations for Bengaluru city viz. cargo delivery, organ delivery and passenger transport using UAM vehicle are elaborated. Stakeholders for these missions are identified and associated requirements are reported. For the cargo delivery mission, a detailed analysis is carried out to emphasis on how the India specific statutory restrictions of abiding by the red zone restrictions levied by DGCA impacts the de-tour factor and flight time. A qualitative assessment of the impact of these mission based requirements on the UAM vehicle design is presented.