First Pilot Demonstration Plan
The first realistic VHS pilot is designed as a simulated approved access-node environment — not a live airspace deployment. It is a controlled validation pathway intended to exercise the core access, reservation, and override scenarios end-to-end.
Simulation Environment
One Access Node
A single simulated approved access node representing a vertiport, airport vertiport, or equivalent approved site.
One Transition Volume
A defined 3D transition volume above the access node, used as the unit reserved, held, and released.
One Structured Aerial Corridor
A single structured corridor connecting the access node to a destination area within the simulation.
Three to Five Simulated Aircraft
A small fleet of simulated aircraft with distinct identities, schedules, and priorities — enough to exercise the core scenarios.
Operator Dashboard
The operator-facing visualization showing requests, reservations, holds, releases, and emergency events in real time.
Pilot-Facing Status Display
A pilot-side status surface mirroring the operator decisions — Requested, Held, Authorized, Released.
Scenarios Exercised
Normal Access Granted
A standard request flow where an aircraft is verified, scheduled, and authorized through the transition volume into the corridor.
Conflict Hold and Release
Two requests collide on the same transition volume. One is placed into a hold state and released after the volume clears.
Emergency Priority Override
A qualifying emergency aircraft is elevated to priority; lower-priority movement is held or delayed until the emergency event completes.
Reservation Conflict Rejected (Current Canonical Scenario 4)
A competing request is denied because a valid existing reservation already controls the transition volume. This is implemented in the current canonical demo.v1 prototype.
Unauthorized Access Attempt (Future Expanded Pilot Scenario)
An aircraft or operator attempts to enter without valid network permission; the system surfaces the unauthorized conflict in the dashboard and event log. This scenario is planned for the expanded pilot and is not implemented in the current canonical demo.v1 prototype.
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