Eve Air Mobility (Eve) has released the name of its urban air traffic management (Urban ATM) software – Vector – at the Airspace World in Geneva and provided updates on the solution’s development. Vector will be an agnostic software solution designed to safely address the unique air traffic and network management challenges of current and future advanced air mobility (AAM) operations, focusing on fleet and vertiport operators and future service providers for AAM, including air navigation service providers (ANSPs). The company is advancing towards an operational version of the software which customers can test and trial to help progress the market.
“Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft flights will become an established transportation mode for communities worldwide. Eve expects first deliveries and entry into service as soon as 2026 and has been addressing the airspace and air traffic management (ATM) challenges to support the introduction and growth of the market in a harmonised and safe way. Vector will streamline AAM operations from day one, coordinating all stakeholders involved to enhance safety, optimise performance, and maximise resource usage,” said Johann Bordais, Eve’s CEO.
Vector will allow eVTOLs to be integrated with other aircraft flying in low-level urban airspace from day one of operations and provide the automation needed to enable urban air mobility (UAM) market scalability. To date, Eve has 14 customers for the solution, including fleet operators, vertiports and airspace and flow management providers. With Vector, eVTOL operators will make their operations more efficient; vertiports will manage resource availability with all operation stakeholders involved; and ANSPs and providers of services (PSU) for UAM will optimise the airspace and air traffic network for all users.