Airports & operations

Smart Airspace demonstrations test instrument routes and autonomous operations

Last observed 2026-10-14 · Confidence 97%

Canonical event record

What happened

Demonstrations tested instrument routes linking Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport and Allen C. Perkinson Airport, plus IFR procedures and autonomous vertiport operations.

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