Unmanned Traffic Management

Project Skyway Worlds Largest Drone Superhighway

Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0 UK Government Officially Announces World’s Largest Drone Superhighway by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Today at the Farnborough Air Show, the UK government officially announced its Project Skyway, the largest and longest network of drone superhighways in the world. Continue reading below, or listen: The …

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Unifly Raises €10 Million from Terra Drone and Join

Unifly Raises €10 Million from Terra Drone and JOIN by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Unifly, the leading provider of Unmanned Traffic Management  (UTM) systems, has announced the acquisition of €10 Million in funding contributed by Japanese industrial drone solution company Terra Drone and Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation …

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AstraUTM Scores ISO Certifications – DRONELIFE

AstraUTM Awarded 3 Major ISO Certifications by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Unmanned Traffic Management player AstraUTM has announced today its acquisition of 3 major ISO certifications for ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and ISO/IEC 20000-1, pertaining to Quality Management Systems, Information Security Management & IT Service Management, respectively. “We are …

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FlyFreely in Australia Drone Safety App

CASA Authorization for FlyFreely in Australia by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Today, Australia’s lead aviation body has verified software by Brisbane-based startup FlyFreely, which will make it easier for users to know where in the country they can fly drones. The Civil Aviation and Safety Authority (CASA) announced …

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NUAIR Issues UTM RFI to Develop UTM Corridor

New York’s UAS Test Site Organization, NUAIR , has issued a UTM RFI (Request for Information).  The test site has been a major player in testing unmanned traffic management (UTM) capabilities, developing a 50-mile drone corridor to enable testing of advanced drone operations.  Now, NUAIR is beginning to evaluate UTM products …

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VC Investment in drone industry continues Altitude Angel

U.K.-based Altitude Angel, leading UTM (Unmanned Traffic Management) technology provider, is the latest to receive a new influx of funding as VC investment in the drone industry continues.  Altitude Angel has raised £4m ($5.3m US) from one of Europe’s largest VC investors, Octopus Ventures. “The latest fundraising concludes Altitude Angel’s …

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UTM Supplementary Services Could Benefit the Industry

Medusasami, CC BY-SA 4.0 The drone industry is aware that a functioning Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) system is necessary to integrate drones into the airspace.  Beyond UTM, however, there is significant potential for supplemental services that come out of a UTM framework, services that would offer benefits to a wide …

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BT, Altitude Angel Join on UK Drone Corridor

Telecom giant BT and leading UTM solutions provider Altitude Angel will lead a consortium to develop a UK drone corridor. “BT took a significant leap into the commercial drones market today, as the company announced, alongside Altitude Angel, the formation of a new consortium to deliver a series of industry use …

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UTM Pilot Program Phase 2 Completed

image courtesy Wing The UTM Pilot Program has ended it’s second phase, with a group of industry players demonstrationg the production ready technologies that will help enable drone integration. “The FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management Pilot Program (UPP) completed its second phase with the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership (MAAP) at …

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Wing Made History in Drone Delivery. That’s Not All They Do:…

Google spin-off Wing has made history in drone delivery.  As the first recipient of a Part 135 certificate to operate as a commercial drone airline in the U.S., they’ve brought drone delivery out of the realm of emergencies and made it available to consumers: delivering local food, products, drugstore supplies …

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