A ROADMAP FOR FLIGHT AUTOMATION IN ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Skyroads AG, Munich, Germany is developing, testing, and implementing an Automated Airspace Management and Vehicle Guidance System (AAVS). It is abundantly clear that a system that helps guide complex, three-dimensional traffic in congested airspace will be needed soon. Legacy ATC systems are not able to support the urban transport mode. Legislators and regulators are expecting the industry to supply solutions. Skyroads is the first company worldwide to make a comprehensive proposal. Fundamental considerations for this solution are found in our previous White Paper “Air Traffic Control for Urban Air Mobility”. The operational tasks to be solved are widely acknowledged within the current deliberations by the industry and the rulemaking bodies.
In this White Paper, Skyroads addresses two crucial considerations for the further development of Advanced or Urban Air Mobility (AAM/UAM):
- How to achieve interoperable air transport automation leading to autonomy?
- How can the systems pursuing that goal add value to AAM/UAM until the required automation has been achieved and is adequately regulated?
A failure to answer these questions will jeopardize billions of investments in vehicle development.
In the chapter “Introduction”, we outline the fundamental boundary conditions for the development of traffic management. We talk about the human-centric approach that guides general thinking to this day, discuss different pilotage concepts as well as certification requirements, and set the scene in which development needs to take place.
In “Industry Maturity Levels” we look at those levels in order to define the market phases in which any timely development needs to supply value. We then present in “Approaches for Simplified Vehicle Operations”, an analysis of international activity with regards to the concept of Simplified Vehicle Operations, as a credible approach towards automation.
Our outside analysis concludes in “Barriers to Flight Automation”, with an overview of challenges to be solved or sidestepped, in order to advance AAM/UAAM speedily.
In ”Skyroads Innovation” and “Skyroads Architecture”, we define the set of requirements to which an AAVS needs to be developed and briefly argue the fundamentals of our design. In “Skyroads-enabled path to Flight Automation“ and “Benefits”, we show how our AAVS supports VFR and RPAS approaches simultaneously. It argues that we create a unique opportunity to speed up development. At the same time, our approach creates credibility and service record for early certification.
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