At ICCAIA’s 2nd Asia briefing on 29 July 2021, Bob Lee, Chair of ICCAIA’s CNS/ATM Committee, explained efforts to safely and effectively integrate unmanned aircraft into the overall airspace management concept. The key to this lay in managing air and ground risks. This entailed the capability to integrate unmanned operations with existing airspace users and air traffic control. He highlighted the current lack of supporting systems and infrastructure for communications, navigation, surveillance, micro-weather, and to replace a pilot’s ability to “see and avoid”. Bob shared his views on the directions being taken towards a highly automated, information-centric environment, enabled by a system of systems. He also offered an indicative timeline of UTM regulatory evolution.
Mitch Fox of ICCAIA concluded the session by announcing that an ICCAIA Advisory Group had been formed on ‘Integrated ATM and Airspace Management’ comprising members and also other international organisations. The group would propose a path ahead for an industry transition to integrated ATM and digital airspace management, including working with ICAO to identify activities to support this. AAIS welcomes members’ indication of interest to be part of this Advisory Group or the ICCAIA CNS/ATM Committee chaired by Bob Lee.
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