Northrop Grumman Corporation is collaborating with NASA to develop and test solutions for integrating large, uncrewed aircraft systems into the National Airspace System (NAS). The effort will focus on air cargo operations and is part of NASA’s Air Traffic Management-eXploration (ATM-X) Pathfinding for Airspace with Autonomous Vehicles (PAAV) subproject. Continue reading
Category Archives: UTM
Port of Rotterdam Trials Unmanned Traffic Management System
On 23 January 2023, the Port of Rotterdam Authority started organising the airspace for drone use. To this end, the Airspace Centre was set up on the 14th floor of the Port of Rotterdam Authority’s offices. Continue reading
UAE Invests $14M in UTM Provider High Lander
BT Group Backs Altitude Angel in £5M Deal
Etc., the incubation team in BT Group’s Digital unit boosting the businesses of the future, today announces that it has entered into a £5 million deal with Altitude Angel, a global UTM (Unified Traffic Management) technology provider, as the two businesses scale the UK drone industry and support the development of the UK’s drone superhighway, set to be the largest and longest network of its kind in the world. Continue reading
Thales Showcases the Safe and Efficient Management of Drones in Taiwanese Airspace
On 29 August 2022, Thales performed a real-time autonomous drone flight monitoring trial in Hsinchu, Jianshi Township, in the presence of Mr. Wang, Kwo-Tsai, Minister of Transportation and Communications, and key delegations from Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA). Continue reading
OneSky and ARA Robotics Deliver RPAS Solution for Quebec’s Qualia Test Centre Operations
OneSky, an unmanned traffic management (UTM) solution provider, partnering with ARA Robotics, a Canadian drone company, announce the delivery of a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) test range solution for operations carried out at the Qualia Test Centre, part of Quebec’s UAS Centre of Excellence. Continue reading
SESAR Urban Air Mobility Digital Sky Demonstrators Get € 14.5M EU Funding
Three SESAR 3 JU Digital Sky Demonstrators will receive funding to the tune of EUR 14.5 million from the Connecting Europe Facility between now and 2025, it was announced on 29 June. The selected projects aim to accelerate the market uptake of SESAR Solutions for greener aviation and urban air mobility. Continue reading
Cranfield Leads European Demonstration Programme on Integrating Drones into Urban Airspaces
A new European project, AMU-LED, is now carrying out coordination and substantial testing to manage this airspace traffic and check safety, interoperability and feasibility. The first trial demonstration took place at Cranfield University, UK, on 30 June, and will be followed by other trial events in the Netherlands and Spain. Continue reading