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Emerging unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and advanced air mobility (AAM) ecosystems rely on the development, certification and deployment of new and potentially intelligent technologies and algorithms. To promote a more efficient development life cycle, this work presents a digital twin architecture and environment to support the rapid prototyping and testing of multi-agent solutions for UAS and AAM applications. It leverages the capabilities of Microsoft AirSim and Cesium as plugins within the Unreal Engine 3D visualisation tool, and consolidates the digital environment with a flexible and scalable Python-based architecture. Moreover, the architecture supports hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and mixed-reality features for enhanced testing capabilities. The system is comprehensively documented and demonstrated through a series of use cases, deployed within a custom digital environment, comprising both indoor …