- Hyundai Wants to Create an Air Traffic Control System for Drones
If the skies will one day be full of drones delivering our orders, we need a reliable air traffic control system in place specifically for autonomous aviation. Hyundai is attempting to create just that through a new partnership.Hyundai's Urban Air Mobility division has signed a deal to work with ANRA Technologies on an "operating environment for the advanced air mobility (AAM) industry." ANRA already has experience in this area through its SmartSkies technology, which creates a managed airspace for unmanned aircraft even when they are Flying Beyond Visual Line-of-Site (BVLOS). Hyundai wants to take advantage of that system to develop an AAM ecosystem, which could ultimately be deployed anywhere drone flights are required.
Hyundai and ANRA autonomous aviation management system
(Hyundai/ANRA Technologies)
“We are pleased to partner with ANRA Technologies to begin building toward the safe and efficient integration of AAM into existing airspace,” said Pamela Cohn, chief operating officer, Urban Air Mobility Division of Hyundai Motor Group. “As an emerging mobility solution, it is critical diverse parties work together to co-create the AAM ecosystem, including its necessary digital and physical infrastructure. ANRA brings a unique background of operational history in the drone services sector that will help define the operating environment for all AAM vehicles.”
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The partnership seems to be as much about preparing for the inevitable rather than delivering a working system. Hyundai mentions the opportunity for research "to help inform regulatory decisions and advance infrastructure projects." In other words, both companies want to be at the front of the line when regulators realize they need to establish a safe managed air space specifically for autonomous aviation and look for experienced partners to work with
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