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AirMap Guides Drones toward Widespread Use
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
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Overview
Autonomous flying vehicles have incredible potential to change how we use the skies. But first we need a system to safely track them. Engineers at Ames Research Center envision a future where drone operators share trajectories and flight plans with each other, and onboard algorithms and sensors ensure aircraft safely avoid each other. Santa Monica, California-based AirMap Inc. worked with NASA and other industry partners to develop its AirMap UTM platform, which already enables more than 100,000 drone flights per day.