Avansys ACT · Airspace Cybernetic Testbed
A digital twin, embedded in the NAS. Human over the loop.
Strategic deconfliction of the National Airspace System is an architecture problem, not an AI problem. ACT is a unique architecture that embeds a digital twin into live NAS operations, continuously generating, simulating, and scoring options while authority stays with the operator. We see these human-over-the-loop architectures as the key to integrating new-entrant operations at scale.
Digital twin, in the loopA simulation core runs continuously in parallel with live NAS operations, modeling interventions before they are applied, creating a foresight buffer no single-pass AI can provide.
Architecture first, AI secondAI plugs in only where it is genuinely superior, such as trajectory and weather prediction or option scoring, and never owning end-to-end authority over the airspace.
Human over the loop, at scaleOperators retain authority at every decision gate. This is the key to integrating new-entrant operations (AAM, UAS, UTM) at scale.
Simulation-in-the-loop
AI plugs in at defined points; the human gate is never removed. Notional.
Live system stateData plumbing
Prediction engineAI · primary
Digital twin / sim coreAI · supports
Strategy & scoringAI · assists
Human decision layerAuthority retained