Understanding AFR: Tactical Conflict Management

Automated Flight Rules

The Urban Air Mobility (UAM) industry is rapidly developing novel passenger-carrying aircraft, but integrating these operations safely into already complex urban airspace poses a significant challenge. Commercial-scale UAM will operate at frequencies comparable to those of operations at major airports. The airspace used by UAM must accommodate a high density of operations, but doing so […]

Understanding AFR: Pre-Tactical Conflict Management

Automated Flight Rules (AFR)

Urban Air Mobility (UAM) offers a vision of efficient, on-demand air transportation that avoids ground traffic and congestion. But achieving commercial-scale UAM faces a significant challenge: current airspace management approaches weren’t designed for the high-frequency, low-altitude operations that UAM requires. The airspace used by UAM must accommodate a high density of operations, but doing so […]

SkyGrid Awarded Task Order 1: Cooperative Separation Evaluation Under FAA’s New Center for Advanced Aviation Technologies

SkyGrid Awarded Task Order 1 Cooperative Separation Evaluation Under FAA’s New Center for Advanced Aviation Technologies

SkyGrid to lead development of separation tools to increase automation and scalability of Advanced Air Mobility operations AUSTIN, TX – February 25, 2025 – SkyGrid, an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Third-Party Service Provider (TSP), has been awarded Task Order 1: Cooperative Separation Evaluation under the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-sponsored Center for Advanced Aviation Technologies (CAAT), a new national initiative led […]

Understanding AFR: Strategic Conflict Management

Automated Flight Rules

Urban Air Mobility (UAM) promises efficient, on-demand transportation that bypasses congested ground infrastructure. But there’s a fundamental problem: the existing airspace system may not scale well to meet UAM’s operational demands. SkyGrid and Wisk’s new white paper, Enabling Scalable Urban Air Mobility Through Automated Flight Rules, focuses on how Automated Flight Rules (AFR) can support […]