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Belgian drone firm Unifly has introduced the appointment of three main gamers to the agency’s advisory board.
Former FAA Director of Airspace Management John Walker is Senior Partner on the Padina Group; whereas Jules Kneepkens, advisor to the CAA of Qatar, is the previous Rule-making director at EASA, in addition to the previous Director General on the CAA of Belgium and former Director on the CAA of the Netherlands.
Finally, entrepreneur Guy Broddin is the founding father of Finserve Aviation, beforehand one of many largest impartial aviation insurance coverage brokers on the European continent. Broddin is also director at JLT-Belgibo, shareholder/director of AeroCircular and former Board Member of EBAA (European Business Aviation Association) and former President of AMAC (EBAA Associate Members Advisory Council)
“Guiding and channeling aviation activities in the U-space is a one of the biggest challenges of aviation in the coming decades. In accommodating all (future) users, safety is of course the priority,” Kneepkens stated. “Unifly is a frontrunner in this activity and that is why I’m a member of the Advisory Board of Unifly.”
“The combined knowledge and experience that John, Jules and Guy bring to the table is quite unique,” Unifly CEO Marc Kegelaers stated.
“Their willingness to contribute their international expertise to the story of Unifly illustrates how top executives in the aviation industry value our technology as a key factor in the safe integration of unmanned systems into the airspace.”
In March, Unifly and Danish start-up Integra Aviation Academy introduced a partnership to launch a brand new Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) system that may detect, monitor and doc drone flights close to key infrastructure areas (particularly airports) on a nationwide scale.
The time period UTM describes a broad vary of ideas and options designed to facilitate air-traffic administration amongst drones and manned plane in an effort to keep away from potential crashes or different risks.
Integra and Unifly will collaborate with MyDefence and Reseiwe to create a system able to speaking with each manned and unmanned pilots, alerting them of any emergent threats. The system will oversee your entire workflow from allowing to perimeter creation to pervasive monitoring.
