- May 27, 2026 | 2:00 PM - 2:25 PM
- Viasat Theatre
See it in action: BVLOS flight planning that scales to UTM/ATM integrated AAM.
Advanced Air Mobility will only scale when uncrewed BVLOS operations can safely and predictably coexist with crewed traffic in shared airspace. This session explores how integrated UTM/ATM frameworks, combined with communications performance aligned to the RPAS/BVLOS requirements of the Iris programme, enable that coexistence. The discussion focuses on how communications requirements evolve as operational complexity and risk increase, framed as an operational necessity rather than a technology upgrade. The session opens with a short live Volant flight planning and execution demo across controlled and uncontrolled airspace within a single geographic setting. Using SORA SAIL levels purely as a reference framework for demonstration purposes, the demo illustrates cumulative operational progression as missions expand in scale, traffic density and airspace integration. SORA is used here as a common risk based language only and does not represent or replace other global regulatory frameworks, though similar principles are expected to emerge as regulations mature. Throughout the session we examine what stakeholders must prepare for now: UTM/ATM data exchange, controller support tools, BVLOS service expectations and how communications architectures evolve from single link terrestrial solutions to resilient multi link designs that include satellite connectivity. The discussion highlights where terrestrial infrastructure alone becomes insufficient, how satcom transitions from contingency to integral capability, and why multi link C2 is essential to maintain compliance and continuity as operations approach crewed and commercial airspace. Attendees can expect practical steps for how ANSPs, regulators, operators and OEMs can build the technical, regulatory and operational foundations required to support safe, scalable AAM services that integrate seamlessly into existing airspace.
