The Vertical Space
The Vertical Space
Jim Barry, Peter Shannon & Luka Tomljenovic
#99 Jia Xu, SkyGrid: Opening the sky for autonomous flight
1 hour 17 minutes Posted Sep 9, 2025 at 3:00 pm.
Evolving Views on Autonomy
System bottlenecks on the aircraft and operational sides
Operationalizing Advanced Air Mobility
Shared Airspace
Views on Part 108
Digitizing the Airspace
Three data service levels of Part 146
Complexities of Shared Airspace
The Shared Airspace - Yesterday, Today, Near Future
Vision for a Digitized and Efficient Airspace
Improving safety in the shared airspace
Challenges in Weather Data for Autonomous Aircraft
The Future of Autonomous Aviation
Problems SkyGrid Is Addressing
Strategic Insights and Evolution of SkyGrid
SkyGrid's Product Offerings and Market
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In this episode, we welcome back Jia Xu, CEO of SkyGrid, to discuss the future of autonomy and shared airspace. SkyGrid is building a trusted airspace and operational integration platform to enable safe, secure, and efficient autonomous flight. Jia highlights where the main bottlenecks and complexities exist across autonomy, advanced air mobility, and shared airspace, and how the industry can move forward. We cover regulatory frameworks such as Part 108 and Part 146, the role of data services...