The technology to create the interconnected sky of the future is here, but it’s up to the regulators and the different governing bodies throughout the world to create the necessary legal framework for full deployment. Doing so will open up countless commercial opportunities while also changing expectations around mobility, which will increase the kinds of options people have around where they live, where they can go, and how they can get there.
This report details the origins of our current Air Traffic Control system and investigates potential future plans and systems as they relate to unmanned aircraft flying in urban airspace.
This report details the origins of our current Air Traffic Control system and investigates potential future plans and systems as they relate to unmanned aircraft flying in urban airspace.
Among the topics it considers are:
- Airbus UTM’s “Blueprint for the Sky – the roadmap for the safe integration of autonomous aircraft”
- EmbraerX’s Urban Air Traffic Management System
- Boeing’s Skygrid Initiative
- Controller-pilot datalink communications and how it could pertain to drones
- The creation of a UAS traffic management system with universal protocols
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