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Airbus Offers USim Tool for Fast-track Simulation of Advanced Air Mobility Operations
The European aerospace group's Acubed unit has developed USim to help support the safe and efficient integration of uncrewed aircraft into controlled airspace.
The USim tool developed by Airbus's Acubed innovation center can simulate thousands of flight hours to help developed uncrewed traffic management.
The USim tool developed by Airbus's Acubed innovation center can simulate thousands of flight hours to help develop uncrewed traffic management and other aspects of the advanced air mobility ecosystem. (Image: Airbus UTM Acubed)

Airbus’s Acubed innovation center this week rolled out the latest version of a simulation tool that it says will help support the integration of uncrewed aircraft into controlled airspace. The USim platform—which has been in development since 2020 with the support of more than 100 stakeholders including NASA, the FAA, EASA, and Eurocontrol—will now be made available to companies and other organizations working on all aspects of advanced air mobility, including the development of drones and eVTOL air taxis, uncrewed traffic management (UTM), and other infrastructure.

According to Acubed, USim provides a digital twin of each element in the UTM ecosystem. The company says the technology will give stakeholders a risk-free environment in which to test planned operations and verify interoperability between existing services.

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