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ANRA Technologies, Future Flight Global Collaborate “to Create Digital Backbone of AAM” 

ANRA Tech­nolo­gies, a leader in autonomous air­craft traf­fic and fleet man­age­ment, and Future Flight Glob­al, an inno­va­tor in advanced air trans­porta­tion, recent­ly announced a Mem­o­ran­dum of Under­stand­ing (MOU) to devel­op the essen­tial dig­i­tal back­bone for Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty (AAM), reports a press release. 

This col­lab­o­ra­tion will focus on cre­at­ing the nec­es­sary infra­struc­ture to sup­port and scale elec­tric and sus­tain­able air­craft, such as eVTOL air taxis, pow­ered lift air­craft, deliv­ery drones and region­al air­craft, by offer­ing faster, more sus­tain­able and con­nect­ed trav­el. 

The release states, “Accord­ing to Deloitte’s AAM Sur­vey, the mar­ket for pas­sen­ger and car­go mobil­i­ty in the U.S is antic­i­pat­ed to reach USD115 bil­lion annu­al­ly by 2035, gen­er­at­ing over 280,000 jobs. Glob­al­ly, this emerg­ing sec­tor is expect­ed to cut intra-city trav­el times by over 60 per­cent, enable three times faster inter-city con­nec­tions and reduce noise and emis­sions, fun­da­men­tal­ly trans­form­ing how peo­ple and goods move.” 

Karan Singh, Founder and CEO of Future Flight Glob­al, com­ment­ed, “This part­ner­ship will be instru­men­tal in devel­op­ing and test­ing the dig­i­tal infra­struc­ture need­ed to sup­port the next gen­er­a­tion of AAM air­craft and progress towards auton­o­my, trans­form­ing how air­space is man­aged and unlock­ing new oppor­tu­ni­ties for mobil­i­ty world­wide.” 

He con­tin­ued, “We aim to cre­ate a trans­porta­tion ecosys­tem that fun­da­men­tal­ly improves how peo­ple and goods move. With­out the right infra­struc­ture and sys­tem to man­age air­space, inte­grate vehi­cles and sup­port seam­less oper­a­tions, the vision won’t scale. That’s why the dig­i­tal back­bone is so crit­i­cal.” 

Karan Singh

The release con­tin­ues, “As AAM tran­si­tions from con­cept to real-world imple­men­ta­tion, ensur­ing safe and effi­cient oper­a­tions, this requires advanced coor­di­na­tion among reg­u­la­tors, oper­a­tors, and tech­nol­o­gy providers. The col­lab­o­ra­tion between ANRA Tech­nolo­gies and Future Flight Glob­al address­es this need by devel­op­ing a robust, inter­op­er­a­ble, real-time air­space man­age­ment and mis­sion plan­ning sys­tem.”

Adding, “This inte­grat­ed plat­form will help autonomous air­craft avoid col­li­sions, man­age air­space con­ges­tion, and syn­chro­nise with ver­ti­ports and charg­ing net­works.” 

Amit Gan­joo, Founder and CEO of ANRA Tech­nolo­gies, remarked, “By work­ing with an expe­ri­enced busi­ness avi­a­tion part­ner like Future Flight Glob­al, we aim to dri­ve the devel­op­ment of an inte­grat­ed ecosys­tem that lever­ages our abil­i­ty to pro­vide ver­ti­port-to-ver­ti­port ser­vices for fleet oper­a­tors world­wide.”

By estab­lish­ing “an intel­li­gent and secure dig­i­tal back­bone enabled by inter­op­er­abil­i­ty data stan­dards, the two par­ties aim to pow­er these devel­op­ments, enable job cre­ation, sup­port sus­tain­abil­i­ty goals and open new avenues for mobil­i­ty,” says the release. 

This new dig­i­tal back­bone is to inte­grate advanced data ana­lyt­ics, real-time deci­sion-mak­ing and advanced flight man­age­ment to opti­mise routes, min­imise delays and safe­guard pub­lic safe­ty, while pri­ori­tis­ing emis­sion reduc­tion and noise pol­lu­tion to align with reg­u­la­to­ry require­ments and com­mu­ni­ty expec­ta­tions. 

Ini­tial­ly,  the part­ners plan to con­duct pilot pro­grams in urban and region­al envi­ron­ments to val­i­date their dig­i­tal infra­struc­ture under real-world con­di­tions. They will also col­lab­o­rate with avi­a­tion reg­u­la­tors to ensure com­pli­ance and pub­lic safe­ty. 

Along­side this, the col­lab­o­ra­tion aims to engage local com­mu­ni­ties and stake­hold­ers, demon­strat­ing the ben­e­fits of AAM while address­ing ques­tions about noise, air­space usage and envi­ron­men­tal impact. Once proven, this scal­able mod­el can be adapt­ed for glob­al mar­kets to sup­port var­i­ous geo­gra­phies and oper­a­tional needs.

Archer Mid­night Air­craft (Pho­to: Busi­ness Wire) 

Back­ground

Future Flight Glob­al (FFG) signed an MOU last August with Archer Avi­a­tion for the planned pur­chase of up to 116 Mid­night air­craft worth up to USD580 mil­lion. FFG has made an ini­tial deposit cov­er­ing close to USD5 mil­lion in pre-deliv­ery pay­ments. The com­pa­ny was found­ed by mem­bers of the lead­er­ship team at Titan Avi­a­tion which has been oper­at­ing busi­ness jets world­wide for over two decades.

For more infor­ma­tion

www.anratechnologies.com

www.ffg.aero

(Top image: ANRA Tech­nolo­gies)

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