Skye Air Mobility Private Limited, a Gurugram-based drone solutions provider, on Tuesday (7th Feb 2023) launched traffic management system for drones in India.

* Launched in the presence of Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India "Nitin Gadkari", the software will allow drone operators to plan routes, make flight plans and assess risks before running drone-based operations in the country.

* The solution, called Skye UTM, is a first-of-its-kind for India.

* Unmanned traffic management systems will play a key role in how airspace will be managed, allowing multiple beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone operations to be run by different firms at the same time.

* Globally, several companies, such as US-based AirMap and Netherlands-based Airbus, offer such solutions.

* Ankit Kumar, chief executive officer of Skye Air, the software imports data from the government’s Digital Sky platform, which has been created to help drone operators plan flights in Indian airspace.

* The platform was first launched in 2018 and offers operators essential information for running drone missions in the country. It is run by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)..

Source : Mint