63 Korean Companies Including Korean Air and Overseas Firms Participate
Established to Create Standards for Advanced Air Traffic Management
The government has launched the world's first international organization to take the lead in the international standardization of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM).
On the 14th, the Ministry of Science and ICT announced that it held the launch ceremony of G3AM, the world's first international de facto standardization organization in the AAM field, at the Sky31 Conference Hall in Lotte World Tower, Seoul.
AAM refers to air mobility encompassing Urban Air Mobility (UAM), which focuses on short-distance urban flights, and Regional Air Mobility (RAM), which focuses on medium- to long-distance interregional air transportation. It is attracting attention as a future transportation mode in terms of expanding transportation rights and resolving environmental issues of existing transportation methods. AAM applies various digital technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), mobile communications, and data, making it crucial to secure international standards for interoperability, reliability, and sustainability.
The newly launched G3AM is an international de facto standardization organization established to develop, maintain, and manage new standards in various fields such as information sharing systems, traffic management and flight control, and essential navigation performance, while ensuring interoperability and compatibility. Domestic experts have actively participated in its leadership.
Founding members include 63 key domestic companies related to AAM such as Korean Air, Incheon International Airport Corporation, Fine VT Robotics, Hanwha Systems, Korea Airports Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company, and the three major mobile carriers (SKT, KT, LGU+), as well as multinational companies in the AAM field like OneSky, Skyports, and ANRA Technologies.
At the event, John Skel Walker, Chair of the International Organization for Standardization's Unmanned Aircraft Systems, delivered a keynote speech on "The Role of International Organizations in Supporting AAM."
During the launch commemorative conference, Korean Air presented successful case studies of the Korean Urban Air Mobility (K-UAM) demonstration. Hanwha Systems and Korea Aerospace Industries presented on next-generation electric propulsion vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOL) and future aerial vehicles (AAV), while the three mobile carriers discussed trends in advancing AAM projects.
Skyports, a world-leading company in the vertical takeoff and landing pad (vertiport) sector and a G3AM member since last year, is scheduled to present on the current status of vertiport infrastructure development.
Jeon Young-soo, Director of the Information and Communications Industry Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Science and ICT, stated, "We will support G3AM to establish itself as an internationally recognized de facto standardization organization, playing a pivotal role in the development of advanced air mobility technologies and the creation of its ecosystem."
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