Category Archives: UTM

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

Inmarsat Creates European Centre of Excellence for ATM and UTM in Spain

In a unique, world-first agreement between a company and a commercial airport, the regional Government of Catalonia (Generalitat de Catalunya) has joined with Inmarsat’s Velaris Partner Network to transform Lleida-Alguaire Airport into a European centre of excellence for advancing Air Traffic Management (ATM) and Uncrewed Traffic Management (UTM) innovation. Continue reading

UK Consortium to Build 165 Mile Drone ‘Superhighway’

A consortium led by Reading-based UTM (Unified Traffic Management) software provider Altitude Angel, is planning to build the world’s largest and longest network of ‘drone superhighways’ which would link towns and cities across the UK – initially connecting the Midlands with the Southeast and those urban conurbations along the UK’s south coast. Continue reading