Preparing the world for the next generation of flying machines

Research • Career insights • Activities Inspiring the next generation "A photo realistic picture of an environment to illustrate what advanced air mobility is and to promote education in the field of industrial engineering applied to AAM" prompt, ChatGPT5.2Thinking, OpenAI, 09.01.2026,ChatGPT App on a Mac futurum Preparing the world for the next generation of flying machines Advanced air mobility could revolutionise how we transport people and goods.The technology for new aerial vehicles, focused on sustainability and automation, is developing fast -but to make them a reality, we need to understand how they can integrate into today's world.In Canada, Professor Jean-Marc Frayret, of the Polytechnique Montréal, and his colleagues at the SDG Institute of Advanced Air Mobility are using advanced 'digital twin' simulations and other industrial engineering techniques to research how technologies such as drones, flying taxis and vertiports could move from science fiction to reality.