Hyundai Motor Group’s UAM Division and ANRA Technologies to develop new air traffic operating environment for advanced air mobility

The Urban Air Mobil­i­ty Divi­sion of Hyundai Motor Group has announced a new part­ner­ship with ANRA Tech­nolo­gies to begin devel­op­ing the oper­at­ing envi­ron­ment for the advanced air mobil­i­ty indus­try.

This is the first in a series of air traf­fic man­age­ment part­ner­ships Hyundai plans to estab­lish in the devel­op­ment of an indus­try con­sor­tium build­ing the AAM oper­at­ing ecosys­tem.

As part of the part­ner­ship, ANRA will pro­vide strate­gic insight on Hyundai’s con­cept of oper­a­tions for AAM air­space man­age­ment and ground mobil­i­ty inte­gra­tion. The two com­pa­nies will also iden­ti­fy research oppor­tu­ni­ties to help inform reg­u­la­to­ry deci­sions and advance infra­struc­ture projects.

Pamela Cohn, chief oper­at­ing offi­cer, Urban Air Mobil­i­ty Divi­sion of Hyundai Motor Group, said: “We are pleased to part­ner with ANRA Tech­nolo­gies to begin build­ing toward the safe and effi­cient inte­gra­tion of AAM into exist­ing air­space. As an emerg­ing mobil­i­ty solu­tion, it is crit­i­cal diverse par­ties work togeth­er to co-cre­ate the AAM ecosys­tem, includ­ing its nec­es­sary dig­i­tal and phys­i­cal infra­struc­ture.

“ANRA brings a unique back­ground of oper­a­tional his­to­ry in the drone ser­vices sec­tor that will help define the oper­at­ing envi­ron­ment for all AAM vehi­cles.”

Air­craft oper­a­tors require air­space man­age­ment sup­port to ensure safe and com­pli­ant oper­a­tions at scale and con­form to nation­al and inter­na­tion­al reg­u­la­to­ry require­ments.

ANRA’s Smart­Skies microser­vices archi­tec­ture enables AAM air­space man­age­ment for urban air mobil­i­ty air­craft to eas­i­ly scale and adapt to any region in the world. The com­pre­hen­sive plat­form includes mis­sion plan­ning, strate­gic decon­flic­tion, track­ing and mon­i­tor­ing, con­straints man­age­ment, autho­ri­sa­tion, and reg­is­tra­tion.

Today, Smart­Skies is the only air­space solu­tion pro­vid­ing com­mer­cial AAM ser­vices for both NASA and Euro­pean Union/EASA AAM ini­tia­tives.

Amit Gan­joo, founder and CEO of ANRA Tech­nolo­gies, said: “ANRA’s Smart­Skies fam­i­ly of air­space man­age­ment solu­tions have been proven world­wide and pro­vide the crit­i­cal sup­port required for com­plex AAM oper­a­tions at scale.

“We take a long-term view in every­thing we do as a com­pa­ny and are look­ing for­ward to inte­grat­ing our advanced tech­nolo­gies with the Urban Air Mobil­i­ty Divi­sion of Hyundai Motor Group’s AAM ecosys­tem and shar­ing our knowl­edge and expe­ri­ence to ensure the suc­cess of our part­ner­ship and help move our indus­try safe­ly for­ward.”

Hyundai’s oth­er notable indus­try part­ner­ship is with Urban-Air Port, with both com­pa­nies to work on new urban air mobil­i­ty infra­struc­ture and invest in a full-scale pro­to­type.

Cohn was a recent guest on the eVTOL Insights pod­cast, where she talked more about the com­pa­ny’s roadmap towards cer­ti­fi­ca­tion and com­mer­cial launch in 2028. You can lis­ten to the episode here.