The first uncrewed aircraft traffic management system designed specifically to prevent mid-air collisions between drones has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval and is now operational.
With drones and air taxis likely to become a prominent feature of our future skies, drone traffic management will be a growing issue.
To avoid drone-on-drone collisions, US research university Virginia Tech has formed the Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership (MAAP), supported by Nasa and the FAA.
MAAP has created a drone traffic management system that enables governments and industry to share data about their flight operations. The aim is that this information will help deconflict drone flights quickly and safely.
John Coggin, MAAP’s associate director, said: “This is a culmination of 10 years of work. The product of this work is that the industry now has a path forward for data-sharing among uncrewed aircraft systems operators, which helps mitigate collision risk between drones...