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Air Traffic Management Like Never Before
Large cities must contend with heavy traffic on a daily basis. The Urban Air Mobility (UAM) revolution seeks to address this, and EmbraerX is approaching this challenge from the air. EmbraerX, together with Embraer’s ATM subsidiary, Atech, is working to enable the future of UAM with a new form of air traffic management.
UAM may soon see a "disruption" as was witnessed in the hotel sector, with AirBnb; in the entertainment world, with Netflix; and in the auto industry itself, with Uber. UAM started in 1947 with the opening of Los Angeles Airways, which was a helicopter service that transported people skipping traffic on ground. A few years later, New York Airways started to operate within the NYC region in early 1950s as the nation’s first scheduled helicopter service.
Today we still use conventional helicopters, but now app-enabled services allow us to share the cost of the flight with other passengers, thereby dramatically reducing cost and therefore making it more affordable. Examples of this include platforms like Blade in New York and Voom in São Paulo. All you have to do is open your app, choose your pick up location, and you’ll have a helicopter waiting to for you whenever you want.
Today we still use conventional helicopters, but now app-enabled services allow us to share the cost of the flight with other passengers, thereby dramatically reducing cost and therefore making it more affordable. Examples of this include platforms like Blade in New York and Voom in São Paulo. All you have to do is open your app, choose your pick up location, and you’ll have a helicopter waiting to for you whenever you want.
The next chapter of this story will see the introduction of electric vertical take-off and land (eVTOL) aircraft that will change how we live, work, and travel. During the Uber Elevate Summit in Washington, DC, EmbraerX introduced their latest eVTOL design. Now it has become necessary to gradually upgrade the systems and infrastructure that manage airspace. With this in mind, EmbraerX is collaborating with key stakeholders to develop a new approach for how air traffic control is operated in order to create a more favourable operating environment for more aircraft to fly.
The Emerging New Paradigm of Air Transport
If demand increases, the market will offer more supply which should lower cost with scale. The evolution of battery technology offers two advantages: less noisy aircraft that will be more acceptable to neighbourhoods and cheaper air services that are accessible to many.
If projections come true, this volume of demand for aircraft manufacturers would lead to two challenges, the first being a shortage of qualified pilots. The second is that air traffic control today is based on voice-to-voice communication from the controller to the pilot. But as the air traffic jumps according to Uber projections, with one takeoff and landing every 24 seconds, there will be hundreds of additional aircraft flying in a given city throughout the day. With today’s current paradigm of air traffic control, we simply don't have the ability to communicate with so many aircraft.
Therefore, EmbraerX is proposing a conservative approach towards a more scalable form of air traffic management, one that starts with the technology we have today that evolves into more autonomous forms of data exchange and communication over time. This will enable the UAM industry to grow more organically.
There is also the challenge of how much volume of air traffic an airport can handle. EmbraerX soon realised that if they have to work to solve this challenge. Every city will have a different limit on how many air taxis can fly, which is an inspiration to deliver a vision that supports all stakeholders as EmbraerX collectively works to bring UAM to the world.
EmbraerX focuses on creating aviation solutions that enhance the lives of as many people as possible through Atech, that develops air traffic control software for Brazil and other countries. EmbraerX also has the support of L3Harris, a leading corporation specialising in developing and commercialising aerospace technology solutions.
EmbraerX focuses on creating aviation solutions that enhance the lives of as many people as possible through Atech, that develops air traffic control software for Brazil and other countries. EmbraerX also has the support of L3Harris, a leading corporation specialising in developing and commercialising aerospace technology solutions.
Through UAM solutions, EmbraerX seek to change society’s concept of time, creating more opportunities to share it with family and to use it for both work and play. There is a common term called Brownfield projects, which describes how industry can re-purpose existing infrastructure for a secondary purpose.
In the context of UAM, this could mean creating new landing areas, called “skyports” using parking garages, or hotel rooftops. There is a lot of existing infrastructure that can add more landing capacity to any city’s network. What is needed is to be a little more creative, collaborate with local stakeholders, and involve communities every step along the journey. All communities should be able to vote if they want to build new landing sites or not.
In the context of UAM, this could mean creating new landing areas, called “skyports” using parking garages, or hotel rooftops. There is a lot of existing infrastructure that can add more landing capacity to any city’s network. What is needed is to be a little more creative, collaborate with local stakeholders, and involve communities every step along the journey. All communities should be able to vote if they want to build new landing sites or not.
Embraer recently announced the development of Beacon, a business platform that connects maintenance professionals to aircraft that require technical support. Already in use by private jet charter company, JetSuite, Beacon's primary purpose is to ensure that there will always be aircraft available and perfectly safe for operation.
EmbraerX envisions integrating the three urban mobility enablers — aircraft, air traffic control and technical maintenance — and they have the capabilities and experience to make it happen.
EmbraerX envisions integrating the three urban mobility enablers — aircraft, air traffic control and technical maintenance — and they have the capabilities and experience to make it happen.
When will we see eVTOLs flying about and changing people's lives? Much sooner than you think.
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