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, […]
Pathway to Advanced Air Mobility: Launching Regional AAM in the Future
CANSO Airspace Asia Pacific, in December 2025, brought together industry leaders, regulators, and Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) to explore practical approaches to delivering safe, seamless, and harmonized future skies. SkyGrid joined a panel on what it takes to move Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) from concept to reality, covering deployment plans, regulatory progress, infrastructure innovation, […]
Understanding AFR: Tactical Conflict Management
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
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 […]
Understanding AFR: Strategic Conflict Management
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 […]
Digital 101: Collaborative Decision Making Powered by a Digital-First Ecosystem
Imagine a major airport is hit with sudden fog. Airline A decides to delay its departures based on its internal weather forecast. Airline B, unaware of Airline A’s decision, continues pushing for on-time departures. Air Traffic Control (ATC), still working from outdated flight plans, begins sequencing aircraft based on old data. Meanwhile, ground crews start […]
How Technology is Shaping Future Advanced Air Mobility Operations
At the 2025 Dubai Airshow, SkyGrid CEO Jia Xu sat down with Jason Pritchard, the Executive Editor of eVTOL Insights. They discussed SkyGrid’s pioneering efforts in the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) field and the future of autonomous flight, digital aviation, and the journey toward an integrated airspace. Building the Future of Autonomous Flight SkyGrid […]
Digital 101: Data and Autonomy as the Fuel for Smarter Skies
Autonomous aircraft operating in complex, dynamic airspace need sophisticated digital infrastructure that can process, analyze, and act on vast amounts of data in real-time. Data is the foundation of autonomy. As we move away from traditional piloted flight, the foundational principles of aviation safety—situational awareness, informed decision-making, and seamless coordination—must be translated into a new paradigm […]