Drone delivery firms Flytrex and Wing announced the implementation of “the Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) Strategic Coordination standard in the United States with a first-of-its-kind application into daily flight operations near Dallas, Texas.” As part of the effort, the companies will be “sharing flight plans and strategically coordinating drone paths.”

According to a statement, the implementation means that the Flytrex and Wing will be operating “over a shared airspace” and “in close proximity to serve overlapping communities,” rather than “in siloed zones.” Under the plan, the companies will “exchange flight intent data and automatically adjust their flight paths to meet deconfliction requirements, without the need for manual coordination between the two companies.” To enable this exchange of information, both firms are taking part in Federal Aviation Administration’s UTM Operational Evaluation.

Margaret Nagle, Vice President and Global Head of Policy, Regulatory and Community Affairs at Wing, said, “This is yet another milestone for the UTM Operational Evaluation, leveraging core principles of U.S. aviation and innovation. By leveraging the benefits of global standards, we will increasingly see multiple drone services sharing the same, overlapping airspace and operating at scale.”

Source: Press Release