Category Archives: UTM

NUAIR Alliance and Thales Join Forces on UTM Research

Frank Matus, director of strategy and business development at Thales (left), and Major General Marke F. “Hoot” Gibson (ret), CEO of the NUAIR Alliance

The Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance (NUAIR), a coalition of New York and Massachusetts aerospace and academic institutions has signed a multi-year collaboration agreement with Thales. The agreement supports NUAIR’s efforts to safely integrate unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into traditional, controlled airspace and supports its ability to conduct operations at its New York UAS test site’s 50-mile UAS traffic management (UTM) corridor. Continue reading →

SRC to Implement Phase 2 of New York State UTM Corridor

The Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance (NUAIR) has awarded SRC, Inc. a contract to provide surveillance equipment and services for phase two of the implementation of the Initial Operating Capability (IOC) of the Unmanned Secure Autonomous Flight Environment (U-SAFE) corridor project. Continue reading →

Altiscope Releases Airbus’ UTM Roadmap

Altiscope, the Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) group from A³ by Airbus focused on enabling the future of aviation, has released Blueprint for the Sky: The Roadmap for the Safe Integration of Autonomous Aircraft. The Blueprint represents months of careful analysis by Airbus of the future needs for the airspace, the widespread impact of its forthcoming changes, and the development of the tools required for its enablement. Continue reading →

NASA Partners with Industry for 2020 Unmanned Aircraft Demo in Airspace

MQ-9B Skyguardian

With a mutual interest in performing routine Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) flights in the National Airspace System (NAS), NASA is collaborating with industry through cooperative agreements that are expected to lead to flights in 2020. Continue reading →

NUAIR Alliance Partners with Unifly

Major General Marke F. “Hoot” Gibson (ret), chief executive officer of the NUAIR Alliance (left) signs partnership agreement with Marc Kegelaers, CEO of Unifly (right)

The Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance (NUAIR Alliance) and Griffiss International Airport announced a new partnership with Unifly, a European company with a unique software application that enables unmanned traffic management (UTM) systems to visualize and manage drone traffic in the airspace. The partnership will provide enhanced unmanned traffic management capabilities for the NY UAS Test Site 50-mile UTM Corridor currently being constructed. Continue reading →

Kongsberg Geospatial Concludes UTM System Trials with Transport Canada

Kongsberg Geospatial Ltd., an Ottawa-based developer of geospatial visualization software, announced today the conclusion of the final trials of a new situational awareness system for emergency airspace management, in a project funded by Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC). Continue reading →

Simulated Data Acquired from Power Tower, Carried Out in Automatic Drone Flight

Terra Drone Corporation has developed a new function of UAS UTM based on Terra UTM, with Tokyo Electronic Ventures (TEPCO Ventures) 2 and Zenrin Co., Ltd. for a technical verification of “Drone Highway Initiative.” Continue reading →

University of Cincinnati UTM Project Ges $1M Funding

A University of Cincinnati project to develop a new management system for unmanned aircrafts secured nearly $1 million in federal grants last week. The Regional Unmanned Traffic Management System (RUTMS) was one of 33 projects submitted to the Ohio Federal Research Network, a state-funded organization that funds research and development initiatives at 11 Ohio colleges and universities. Continue reading →