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2020 Engineering Team of the Year Award for UTM

UAS Traffic Management Drone Reno
The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM) project awarded prestigious Engineering Team of the Year Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) San Francisco Section in 2020.

The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM) project was awarded the prestigious Engineering Team of the Year Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) San Francisco Section in 2020. The UTM team receiving this award includes partners from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and aeronautics industry. The award is in recognition of the UTM system being the key enabler to manage, integrate and expand the scope, scale and speed of the existing ATM system by allowing drones to safely participate in our airspace and help unlock an estimated $100 billion drone industry. UTM research, its successful field demonstrations, and initial operational capabilities have empowered an ecosystem and stimulated investments from Fortune 500 companies like Amazon, Alphabet, FedEx, Uber and UPS. In addition, startups have received over $3 billion in external funding for UTM and UAS related work. Drones are paving the way for the Urban Air Mobility ecosystem which in itself could be a $1.5 trillion market by 2040. More information on UTM is at: https://www.nasa.gov/ames/utm/

Point of Contact: Ronald Johnson, Aviation Systems Division, NASA Ames Research Center

Above Image: Drones demonstrating UAS Traffic Management System in Reno, NV, May 2019.