2025 Agenda

As Advanced Air Mobility and autonomous aircraft approach operational deployment, today’s airspace framework—designed for human-centric IFR and VFR operations—faces fundamental limits in supporting highly automated, high-density traffic.
This session introduces Automated Flight Rules (AFR) as a new operating mode for autonomous aircraft, enabling safe, predictable, and scalable operations through digital coordination and automation. Attendees will explore how AFR supports strategic, pre-tactical, and tactical conflict management, allowing automated systems to manage separation and traffic flows at scale.
The session also examines how AFR serves as a bridge between today’s IFR/VFR environment and a future digital, cooperative airspace, enabling crewed and uncrewed aircraft to safely coexist during the transition to automated operations.