SkyGrid ConOps: Integrating Advanced Air Mobility Under IFR and VFR
Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) operations are expected to enter service in the coming years, operating under both Visual Flight Rules (VFR) and Instrument Flight Rules (IFR). Crewed operations will take place under both VFR and IFR, while uncrewed operations are expected to occur under IFR only. The first AAM flights taking place in complex low-altitude […]
ANSP 101: AAM Isn’t Just Aviation 2.0, It’s a New Airspace Challenge
The skies are getting more crowded and more complex. As Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) takes flight, we’re entering an era of integrated airspace, where traditional aircraft and autonomous eVTOLs will operate side by side. This shift demands more than an upgrade to legacy air traffic control (ATC) systems; it calls for digital, data-driven infrastructure built […]
Autonomy 101: Uncrewed vs Crewed AAM and Where We Are Today
Autonomous flight will transform how people move and travel, improving air mobility, connectivity, deliveries, and cargo transport. Within the next couple of decades, traveling by air taxis to destinations like work may become as common as driving. Both crewed operations—aircraft with a pilot and crew onboard—and uncrewed operations—aircraft that have a ground-based operations manager and […]
Autonomy 101: The Autonomous Advantage
People are meant to be connected to each other. To experience new places. To gather and be brought together. But in 2024, only 52% of the U.S. population flew commercially, according to a survey summary by Airlines for America. In 2023, 4.4 billion passengers were carried by the world’s airlines—1.8 billion international and 2.6 billion […]
Implementing Comprehensive Cybersecurity to Secure the Advanced Air Mobility Ecosystem
Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) is poised to revolutionize how we move—expanding access to transportation, enabling faster emergency response, and opening new markets for air services. But behind every eVTOL flight, vertiport landing, or automated route decision lies a cyber-physical ecosystem that must be secured end to end. AAM systems are deeply interconnected, blending cloud software, […]
Autonomy 101: Autonomous Flight with Human Oversight
As the aviation industry embraces Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and autonomous flight, understanding how humans and autonomous systems work together is essential. This balance is vital for ensuring safe, reliable, and predictable operations. Autonomous flight refers to aircraft that can operate using advanced software and algorithms to make informed decisions without human direction, such as […]
