Multi-aviation airspace: Insights into knowledge technologies for comprehensive air navigation

Increasingly crowded airspaces are bringing the attention of the aviation community since diverse users try to make use of a common airspace. The challenge is to identify and implement technologies to effectively but also efficiently manage an integrated multi-aviation airspace. This paper briefly presents a comprehensive synopsis of efforts to unify air navigation regulations so that the airspace can be effectively shared by multiple aviation pilots and aircraft. It recalls proposals to enable aviation sectors to coexist in the same airspace. The focus of this paper is on insights into Knowledge Technologies (KTs) to facilitate procurement and management of a shared multi-aviation airspace. It discusses challenges and opportunities when implementing KT solutions to facilitate the integration of different aviation capabilities for a shared airspace. The analysis presented selectively explores software engineering for bottom-up/top-down integration along with artificial intelligence traits such as knowledge representation. Concluding remarks and the way forward to foster KT solutions for integration of multiple aviation in a single airspace are also presented.

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