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Work Starts on Canada's Air Traffic Management Network for Advanced Air Mobility
The Canadian Advanced Air Mobility Consortium has enlisted the expertise of German automated air traffic management specialist D3 Technologies.
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Air traffic control specialist D3 Technologies is planning to create digital flight paths for eVTOL aircraft to use in urban areas. (Image: D3 Technologies)

The Canadian Advanced Air Mobility Consortium (CAAM) has contracted D3 Technologies to define and implement air traffic management infrastructure to support operations by eVTOL aircraft and drones in Canadian cities. The German air traffic control specialist intends to apply its automation and data communications technology to modernize airspace use, starting in Vancouver.

Munich-based D3 says its approach involves the creation of “digital roads” that aircraft can fly along. It believes that this will provide the safety needed to get clearance for a scaling up of advanced air mobility (AAM) operations in metropolitan areas.