UTM

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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Iris Automation CEO on Onboard Detect-and-Avoid

DRONELIFE talks to Jon Damush about the place of onboard detect-and-avoid in the complex system of drone safety. Drone startup Iris Automation offers a cutting edge solution for a foundational problem: how to prevent drones from running into anything.  Iris’ onboard detect-and-avoid system, Casia, offers a new layer of safety …

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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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Drone Firm Unifly Joins Canadian BVLOS Project

Source: SkySensus SkySensus, a Canadian drone research project, is flying high after it was selected to fulfill Canada’s official Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) Traffic Management Service Trials. SkySensus will partner with Belgium-based Unifly, one of Europe’s big names in unmanned traffic management (UTM). Funded by national-security firm Peraton Canada, …

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NASA STEReO is UTM for Disaster Response

image courtesy NASA By DRONELIFE Staff Writer Jim Magill As emergency managers readily adopt the use of drones to aid in the response to natural disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes, the skies above those disaster zones are becoming increasingly crowded with aerial vehicles, both manned and unmanned, creating the …

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