Traffic Management System For Drones

                                                                      Traffic Management System for Drones

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Touted as the world’s most cutting-edge unmanned traffic management system,  Skye UTM was recently launched by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari. The system is likely to be one of the key building blocks for the emergence of drugs in India. Gadkari said it is the right time for Indian drone startups to lead the industry.

“Drones are going to be used across sectors — from construction, agriculture, healthcare, defence, infrastructure, surveying, real estate, and transport. Drone companies will even monitor highways and road construction. There is a lot of research happening that will certainly help scale its usage,” the Union Minister said.

What is Skye UTM?

Skye UTM is being touted as the most advanced unmanned traffic management system in the world. It is a Cloud-based aerial traffic management system. Skye UTM integrates unmanned air traffic with manned aviation airspace. The system is capable of handling 4,000 flights per hour. In a day, it can handle 96,000 flights.

It will help drone operators with situational awareness, autonomous navigation, traffic management and risk assessment. It will aid in real-time monitoring and speed up highway constructions while also keeping a check on fatal road accidents.

Skye Air Launched India’s First Traffic Management System for Drones-   Key Points

• Skye UTM has been built towards providing situational awareness, autonomous navigation, risk assessment, and traffic management to all drone/other aerial mobility operators across the airspace.
• Emphasizing new technologies in the construction, infra, and highway sector, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari informed that it is the right time for Indian drone startups to lead the industry.
• These drones are going to be used across sectors including construction, agriculture, healthcare, defense, infrastructure, surveying, real estate, and transport.
• Drone companies will even monitor highways and road construction. There is a lot of research happening that will certainly help scale its usage.
• The Ministry will soon invite participation from drone startups to be deployed for real-time monitoring and speed up highway constructions, and also keep a check on fatal road accidents.
• According to Ankit Kumar, CEO of Skye Air, the requirement for situational awareness has become a necessity for drone pilots, regulators, and controllers who need real-time information about the drones in the sky.
• Skye UTM has supported more than 300 successful BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) drone flights to date.
• The Skye UTM captures more than 255 parameters of UAV movements and stores them in its ‘Blackbox’ which is a published systematic description of the entire flight.
• The platform offers the first 3D view of the drone airspace, along with operations and regulations mapping servers which offer the latest airspace status, verified paths, and display real-time UAV movements.
• The platform offers the first 3D view of the drone airspace, along with operations and regulations mapping servers which offer the latest airspace status, verified paths, and display real time UAV movements, said the company.

 

Blog By: Trupti Thakur