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Advanced Air Mobility Flight Test Site To Open at German Airport
Skyroads will use the Augsburg facility to develop its air traffic automation technology to support the operation of eVTOL aircraft and large drones.
Augsburg Airport in southern Germany is the site for a new advanced air mobility test center.
Augsburg Airport in southern Germany is the site for a new advanced air mobility test center run by air traffic automation group Skyroads. (Image: Skyroads)

Skyroads is setting up a flight test site at Augsburg Airport in southern Germany to serve as a development hub for its air traffic automation technology. The Munich-based company will use the facility with its partners to prepare for the integration of new eVTOL aircraft and large drones into controlled airspace, including urban environments.

Investments in the Augsburg site are being co-funded by the state of Bavaria. It will be used as what Skyroads calls “a large-scale real-life laboratory” for aircraft manufacturers and operators, as well as vertiport developers and other ground infrastructure providers, to test equipment and processes.