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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »What Do We Need to Implement UTM
InterDrone opened today in a virtual format. This final big drone show of the year offers a lot of great sessions, including this one: a panel discussion led by Eszter Kovacs of the Global UTM Association (GUTMA.) Andy Thurling, Chief Technology Officer at NUAIR; Gokul Srinivasan, Director of Technology at …
Read More »First Nationwide Implementation of Remote ID Begins Soft Lau…
Switzerland is launching the first nationwide implementation of Remote ID services. With a final rule on Remote ID for drones due by the end of this month in the U.S., the global aviation community is watching this first important launch of Remote ID technology. The Swiss Federal Office of …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Boeing Venture SkyGrid All in One App
Zehra Akbar is the Senior Director of Strategy and Operations for Boeing Venture SkyGrid, provider of airspace management services for commercial drone operators, enterprises, and aviation authorities. SkyGrid FlightControl™ is an all-in-one drone app, designed to automate every part of the flight process. Akbar explains how AI, Blockchain, and a …
Read More »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, …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Skyward is Laying the Foundation for Remote ID and Connected…
Remote ID and connected drones are critical pieces to realizing the full potential of the drone industry – but the framework must be built to optimize functionality and safety and minimize complexity. Following the company’s selection to help the FAA develop a framework for Remote ID, we caught up with …
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