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

Leonardo has been selected by ENAV, the company that manages civilian air traffic in Italy, as its industrial partner for the development of an air traffic control system for unmanned aircraft and for the provision of related services. Leonardo will lead the industrial team that includes subsidiary Telespazio and IDS – Ingegneria Dei Sistemi.

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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 →

uAvionix Successfully Tests UAS Remote Identification for NASA UTM Trials

uAvionix Corporation announced that it has successfully completed testing and demonstration of the DroneAware™ uAvionix UAS Remote Identification solution for NASA’s Technical Capability Level 3 (TCL3) UAS Traffic Management (UTM) system. Continue reading →