Working Together to Create a Collaborative Culture for Safe and Resilient Integrated Airspace
Last month, CANSO Airspace World in Lisbon brought together civil aviation, defense, and Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) experts to discuss how airspace integration can be optimized as different kinds of operations increasingly share the same airspace. SkyGrid CEO Jia Xu joined other industry leaders on a panel exploring how better collaboration and innovative thinking can […]
Automated Traffic Management Services Enabling Advanced Air Mobility
SkyGrid’s Dr. Joseph Rios recently joined EUROCONTROL, a pan-European organization dedicated to supporting European aviation, to discuss how automated traffic management services can enable Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) operations at scale. The conversation covered what makes AAM fundamentally different from today’s aviation, why new flight rules are needed, and how an Automated Traffic Management System […]
SkyGrid and ENAIRE Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Advance U-Space and Innovative Air Mobility in Spain
SkyGrid and ENAIRE Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Advance U-space and Innovative Air Mobility in Spain
Through this partnership, ENAIRE and SkyGrid will promote knowledge exchange, technological development, and international initiatives to accelerate the growth of the IAM/U-space ecosystem and enable future advanced air mobility operations. LISBON, PORTUGAL, May 27, 2026 – SkyGrid, a Boeing company specialized in the development of high-assurance third-party services for the safe and efficient integration of […]
Boeing Saudi Arabia and GACA launch AAM Airspace and Operational Feasibility Analysis with support from SkyGrid and KAUST
Feasibility analysis to chart pathway from Visual and Instrument Flight Rules to fully Automated Flight Rules for AAM operations across the Kingdom LISBON, PORTUGAL, May 26, 2026 – SkyGrid, a Boeing company, today announced the activation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Boeing Saudi Arabia and the General Authority of Civil Aviation of the […]
The Current and Future State of Aviation in San Antonio and Beyond
The 2026 State of Aviation in San Antonio brought together civic leaders, operators, and innovators to take stock of where aviation stands today and where it is headed. SkyGrid CEO Jia Xu joined Jim Perschbach, President and CEO of Port San Antonio, and Jesus Saenz, Director of Airports at the City of San Antonio, on […]
SkyGrid Advances Urban Air Traffic Management Through the VARIANT Project
As a key contributor to Boeing’s VARIANT research initiative, SkyGrid is developing and validating the ground-based digital services that will make autonomous urban flight safe, scalable, and ready for market. Boeing Aerospace Spain (BAS) today announced the VARIANT project — Validation of AiRspace Integration Applications and New Technologies — a strategic research initiative to enable […]
Routine Civil Airspace Integration for Increasingly Autonomous Flight
As the aviation ecosystem evolves toward higher levels of autonomy, one of the critical challenges facing the industry is enabling routine operations within shared civil airspace. Today’s airspace system was designed around human coordination, and the procedures that govern it reflect that reality. Transitioning to scalable autonomous operations requires a fundamental shift toward digital operations, […]