UTM industry-leader interview - Unmanned airspace

“It’s not about choosing a UTM supplier for a whole nation it’s about understanding what kind of functionality airspace users need”

February 24, 2020 Philip Butterworth-Hayes UTM industry-leader interview

Jon Hegranes is the CEO & Founder of Kittyhawk What has been your experience of the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) programme? I

“UTM and ATM are going to be one, and much more” – Simon Johnson, GUTMA

February 10, 2020 Philip Butterworth-Hayes UTM industry-leader interview

Simon Johnson is the acting Secretary General of the Global UTM Association What is GUTMA’s mission statement? As the website says, GUTMA’s purpose is to foster

“In a few years we will be operating drones capable of carrying 40 foot containers”

November 6, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes UAS traffic management news, UTM industry-leader interview

Michael Zahra is President and CEO of Drone Delivery Canada How did you get from your start point to where you are today? The first

“We need a UTM system capable of coping with different legislation in different States” – Peter Alty, PODIUM

July 1, 2019 admin UTM industry-leader interview

Peter Alty is the Project Coordinator for the SESAR Horizon 2020 Large Scale Demonstration Proving Operations of Drones with Initial UTM (PODIUM) project. How long

“The UTM market should be open, competitive, where service providers just plug in and do their business” – Fanni Lukácsy, GUTMA

June 7, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes UTM industry-leader interview

Fanni Lukácsy is the Secretary General of the Global UTM Association (GUTMA) How do you see the association developing over the next two to three years?

“We’re planning on adding the necessary capability in the next year to enable BVLOS”

May 16, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes UTM industry-leader interview

Trent Fulcher is CEO of New Zealand’s AirShare UTM company Can you tell me about AirShare – its background, strategic aims and whether it is

“In Africa the drones get cheered on landing” – interview with Duncan Walker of Skyports

April 29, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes UTM industry-leader interview

Duncan Walker is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Skyports (https://skyports.net/) Could you tell me how the drone delivery trials went in Vantaa – what the

“We are running very fast and inviting others to follow” – David Hose, CEO, AirMap

April 1, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes UTM industry-leader interview

The recent flurry of industry agreements signed by AirMap with Indra, Honeywell, Fortem – is this part of a wider strategy or a more pragmatic

“DFS is planning to launch initial U-Space services via a new commercial company”

March 20, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes UTM industry-leader interview

Thilo Vogt is Head of Unmanned Traffic Management Solutions at DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung When are we going to see the DFS UTM system in operation?

“The flight of the drone itself is the least risky part of the process” – Maron Kristófersson, Aha

January 27, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes UTM industry-leader interview

Maron Kristófersson is CEO of Icelandic delivery company Aha – and a global pioneer of operational, commercially successful urban air mobility programmes Can you give