The SESAR Joint Undertaking (SESAR JU) has today launched a call for proposals for studies, including demonstrations on drone traffic management in Europe. The call is a further step towards the European Commission’s U-space vision for ensuring safe and secure access to airspace for drones. Continue reading
Category Archives: UTM
New Foundations for Use of RPAS for Civil Applications
Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), also called drones, can offer many new services and applications. These go beyond traditional aviation and include the promise to perform existing services in a more affordable and environmentally friendly way. The European aviation community is currently exchanging views on how, and under which conditions, RPAS can be allowed to fly. Continue reading
HERE and Unifly to Map the Airspace for Drones
Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) software provider Unifly and digital mapping and location services provider HERE Technologies have announced that they will work together to jointly enable airspace maps for drones. Continue reading
UTM System Put into Commercial Use in South Korea
Terra Drone Co., Ltd., a Japanese commercial drone service company, has commercialised UTM (Unmanned Traffic Management) system for the first time in Korea collaborating with LG U+, a South Korean cellular carrier owned by LG Corporation. Continue reading
OneSky Devlops Mini-Control Tower
The Swiss-based startup OneSky is developing and produces air traffic awareness systems to “safely and efficiently open the sky to all flying objects, as a universal and connected medium for businesses”. Continue reading
Mobile Skylight – Mobile Drone Security and UTM
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that Gryphon Sensors, a SRC Inc. company based in Central New York, has developed a state-of-the-art mobile Unmanned Traffic Management system called Mobile Skylight. The development builds on the state’s investments in the region’s emerging Unmanned Aerial Systems industry. Continue reading