


RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator): The unit of measurement used to estimate the radio signal strength between a controller and a drone. RPM (Revolutions Per Minute): The unit of measurement used to determine the number of times the drone’s motors turn in 1 minute. RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aerial/Aircraft System): A combination of a drone, pilot, and its command systems. Rotorcraft: A drone that generates lift through rotor blades instead of wings. Roll: Moving the drone side to side laterally. (The) Roadmap: A document released in 2013 by the FAA detailing safety guidelines for drone flight in national airspace. Also called a “video receiver” (RX), “transmitter” (Tx) or “video transmitter” (VTX). Receiver: In FPV, this is what links the drone camera’s live stream to the goggles. R/C or RC (Radio Controlled): Operating a drone via radio waves. It’s an exciting time to be building the future of flight.Radio: This transmitter controls the drone’s movements such as pitch, yaw, and roll. We’re also working on combining services to permit more automated flight operations, such as for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) and UAM flights. We’re busy working on remote identification of UAS and deconfliction of unmanned aircraft through the ASTM UTM working group, which works to develop international standards. That is the big picture that Airbus is pushing towards, but we must take the necessary intermediate steps to ensure high levels of safety in our airspace. At a high level, this work is a stepping stone on the path to UTM, which digitizes air traffic services, not only for drones but also for commercial aircraft and urban air mobility (UAM). The volume of work that we’re doing is enabling us to get a much better real-world understanding of how the airspace is being used so we can safely integrate more types of aircraft into the shared airspace of the future. How does the LAANC service further Airbus’ goal of modernizing air traffic management as we know it? That said, we are always looking to expand airspace awareness, safety and automatic authorizations to fly in new geographies. Our services are now offered at all airports participating in LAANC in the United States. Where do you currently offer the service? Any plans to further extend to more locations?
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Some approvals require manual review by the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization and can take from a few hours up to 90 days. Typically approvals are granted in seconds using the automatic Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) approval. What does this mean for turn-around times for approval? It’s also better meeting the experience expectations of today’s drone pilots. This is quicker, less error prone and better for auditing compliance. With this integration, pilots can open DroneDeploy and stay in the DroneDeploy app to get their authorization, and then authorization information is available within DroneDeploy when they go fly (or for compliance). After doing so, none of that info was sent back into the DroneDeploy app when a pilot actually went out to fly. Historically, drone pilots had to open up a separate app, re-input all flight details, and secure authorization. What change does this represent as to how approvals were previously gained?

It’s been very gratifying to bring this to fruition. This integration allows commercial drone pilots to have a seamless experience to plan, review, conduct their flights and unlock controlled airspace near airports. We began testing in early 2020 and we’ve been gradually rolling our services out to more users through July. Our working relationship with DroneDeploy dates back over a year now, but we publicly announced our work at DroneDeploy’s conference last September. How long has Airbus UTM been partnering with DroneDeploy? Airbus UTM’s Joe Polastre gives us the low down on why this matters, and why Airbus is working diligently in this space. This enables drone pilots to seamlessly access preflight safety briefings, digital flight authorizations and compliance data all within one application in seconds. On July 21, DroneDeploy announced that Airbus UTM’s flight management, safety and regulatory compliance services are now directly integrated on their platform. James Blair, Project Assistant Superintendent, McCarthy Building I like that I have the consistency with DroneDeploy, and everything is in one place.” “DroneDeploy and Airbus UTM give us an easy in-app way to obtain automated authorizations.
