FAA Engineering Innovation
Clarifying complex airspace innovation through visualization
Visualizing Advanced Air Mobility (Aam) And Urban Air Mobility (Uam)
AAM/UAM represents a shift in how the National Airspace System will operate. Multiple aircraft types – piloted and autonomous, commercial and personal, passenger and cargo – will share airspace using community-based rules and tailored procedures. .
Challenge:
A presentation was needed to explain the “why,” the “what,” and the “how” in a way that stakeholders actually grasp. The goal was to communicate a complex operational vision that spans a range of technically dense topics, such as regulatory frameworks, new technologies, and different aircraft types.
Solution:
KAIA produced a keynote video combining live speaker footage with mixed media: relevant industry footage, real prototype aircraft from industry partners, custom CG renderings, and animated graphics. The production weaves together the operational concept with visual representations of the multiple visions, infrastructure, networks, and multimodal integration.
Outcome:
- A presentation format that makes regulatory concepts and operational frameworks visually clear and memorable
- Stakeholders see real technology and real partnerships backing the vision
- A presentation tool that explains the complete roadmap in one viewing
Increasing Runway Access With Mars
Multiple Airport Route Separation (MARS) is a next-generation navigation concept that applies proven EOR (Established on RNP) principles to multiple airports with conflicting instrument approaches, allowing them to operate simultaneously and independently.
Challenge:
A complex aviation concept needs to be explained to decision-makers and operators who don’t have time for lengthy technical briefings. Text and diagrams aren’t enough. Decision-makers and operators need to see how the concept works visually.
Solution:
KAIA developed an explainer video with custom graphics and animations that translate abstract principles into clear, precise, and engaging visuals. Before-and-after scenarios demonstrate how the procedure works, step by step. Viewers see aircraft movement, separation requirements, and timing side-by-side.
Outcome:
- Visual reference material that enables stakeholders to grasp a complex concept without lengthy technical briefings or specialized
- Client can deliver a highly technical idea to decision-makers that builds confidence in product safety compliance
- Operators gain a visual reference that they can return to
Real-Time Hazard Awareness For Space Operations
Real-time Hazard Area Generation (RTHAG) provides Air Traffic Control with situational awareness of airspace risks during commercial space launch and reentry events. Controllers need to see hazard data (trajectory predictions, stage tracking, debris fall zones) across multiple system views to make real-time decisions about airspace closures.
Challenge:
Hazard data and multiple systems exist, but they operate in isolation from one another. Decision-makers can’t see how all the systems would work together during a critical event. There’s no clear way to demonstrate integrated coordination across the entire operation.
Solution:
KAIA created a video that shows how isolated data streams become one coordinated picture. The video demonstrates what each system displays and how they connect during a real operational scenario. Graphics and editing reveal the complete integrated view that would exist if systems communicated seamlessly.
Outcome:
- Demonstration of how existing data propagates across a complex ecosystem in real-time
- Clear demonstration of how separate data sources become actionable intelligence
- Training and operational reference material showing integrated systems awareness versus siloed data
- Proof that coordination is possible through integrated visualization
Visualization Gets your Breakthrough The Recognition it Deserves
These three projects share a common thread: innovation stalls when decision-makers can’t see how it works. MARS stays in briefing decks without animated proof of safety compliance. Complex RTHAG data stays siloed. UAM regulatory frameworks stay abstract and technical.Visualization becomes the bridge between concept and action.
KAIA specializes in that bridge. We show them working. We visualize concepts done before they’re done, making them real in stakeholders’ eyes.
We give decision-makers, operators, and stakeholders the clarity they need to
move forward with confidence. If your airspace or operational initiative is stuck in complexity, visualizationcan unlock it.
Schedule a capabilities briefing to explore how we can make your concept visible.
