GE introduced AiRXOS a new company helping to accelerate the safe, efficient, scalable integration of air and ground space for manned and unmanned vehicles. AiRXOS helps government agencies, regional aviation authorities and private sector operators manage and meet the increasing demand for sophisticated and safe Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) operations. AiRXOS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GE. Continue reading
Category Archives: UTM
Canada’s Largest BVLOS Drone Trial
Canadian commercial drone operator, IN-FLIGHT Data, this week is embarking upon Canada’s largest BVLOS (Beyond Visual-Line-Of-Sight) UAS Operations trial to date, with support from senseFly, a provider of professional mapping drones and a commercial drone subsidiary of Parrot Group. Continue reading
Leonardo, Telespazio and IDS to Develop Italian UTM
NATS Takes Equity Stake in Aireon
The UK air traffic management service provider, NATS, has announced that it has invested in Aireon, the company pioneering a space-based air traffic surveillance service set to revolutionise the aviation industry. Continue reading
FAA Integration Pilot Program Awardees in Detail
Last week U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao that USDOT has selected 10 state, local and tribal governments as participants in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program. Continue reading
NASA’s Urban Air Mobility initiative
There was a time when people and goods were moved through the crowded city on the ground, restricted to the busy street surfaces by necessity and gravity. Continue reading
Boeing and Kittyhawk Team up on LAANC Drone Authorizations
Kittyhawk has announced a collaboration with Jeppesen, a Boeing Company, where the companies have started working toward being to offer digital airspace authorization directly from the FAA into Kittyhawk’s platform. Upon FAA approval, Kittyhawk’s elite enterprise customers will be able to receive digital authorization to operate within thousands of square miles of airspace in near-real time and will be able to send digital flight plan notifications. Continue reading
Rockwell Collins Enables Airspace Management for NASA’s UAS Traffic Management Program
Rockwell Collins recently participated in two weeks of critical testing for the NASA Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM)program. As part of the test flights, Rockwell Collins served as the UAS Service Supplier (USS) for the safe management of a UAS flying beyond visual line of sight. Continue reading