Droniq, America Aerospace Technologies, Inc/OneSky Systems, Inc and American Aerospace Technologies/Blue Sky Network/Iridium Communications scooped the UTM awards at this year’s 2021 ATM/UTM Awards, organised by Air Traffic Management Magazine and Unmanned Airspace.
A full list of awards and winners can be found here: https://www.airtrafficmanagement.net/article/fellofly-wins-overall-excellence-award-atmutm-awards.
The following were the shortlisted entrants and winners for the UTM categories:
UTM Innovation:
Winner: Droniq GmbH, DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH – Europe’s first U-space implementation
Runner Up: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), AirMap, AiRXOS, Alaska Center for UAS Integration, Amazon Prime Air, ANRA Technologies, Avision, Collins Aerospace, Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence & Innovation, Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership, Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems, New York UAS Test Site, Northern Plains UAS Test Site, OneSky, Simulyze, Uber, Wing Aviation – UAS traffic management team
UAS Detect and Avoid:
Winner: America Aerospace Technologies, Inc and OneSky Systems, Inc. – Airborne Detect and Avoid Solution for UAS: Design and Implementation with Real-Time Avoidance, UTM Integration, and True BVLOS Operation
Runner Up: D-Fend – Enforce Air
UTM/ATM Communications:
Winner: American Aerospace Technologies, Inc., Blue Sky Network and Iridium Communications – Global SATCOM based C2 solution for UAS in the NAS
Runner Up: VANTIS/uAvionix – First implementation of dedicated aviation grade C2 network for UAS
