R&D challenge

• UK airspace is an essential part of critical national infrastructure that requires modernising to better service the needs of all users.
• Equitable access needs to be provided for an increasingly diverse range of aircraft platforms with different missions.
• Current airspace management approaches are unlikely to scale to meet the expected growth and achieve seamless integration of the next generation of uncrewed aircraft.
• Support the growth of the UK transport industry, lower the barriers to further investment and position the UK as a global market leader.
• Generate new products and services that can underpin our future revenue growth ambitions.

• Identify future users’ needs from industry stakeholder groups to achieve a harmonised industry perspective on integrated operations.
• Describe the future structure and rules of the airspace to support greater integration and improve capacity.
• Describe the data exchange platform and the future services that will support all types of airspace user and enhance the efficiency and safety of airspace operations.
• Collaborate with UK airports to describe the necessary changes to systems and infrastructure to support a UK multimodal transport future.
• Support the delivery of routine Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations to lay the foundations for Integrated Traffic Management.

Research & Development Challenges

Six R&D challenges to transform UK Air Traffic Management

This report sets out the six key challenges facing the industry today, to drive progress and innovation in Air Traffic Management (ATM).

It is also an invitation to organisations (in industry, academia or other) to partner with us in shaping our future skies, focusing on: sustainability, the role of people, and responding to the rapid pace of technology change.

Contact us using the form below if you are interested in partnering with us.

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