Gur Kimchi, vice president and co-founder of Prime Air for Amazon in Seattle, giving a keynote talk at the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) Convention on July 28, 2015.
To address the growth of quickly evolving UAS technology, NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recognize that a UTM system for low-altitude airspace is needed. Last year, NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley released an open a call to invite government, industry and academic partners to collaborate with NASA to conduct and identify research needs and to accelerate the development of such a system.
This week, July 28-30, NASA is hosting a three-day UTM Convention to bring together a broad domestic and international audience of government and civilian representatives, industry and academia, aviation, agriculture, film and other industries, to understand and define the UAS impact and challenges ahead.
Follow the conversation online with #UTM2015.
Image credit: NASA Ames/Eric Jamesacd15-0141-023