Skye UTM

Facts for Prelims

Skye UTM

News: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways recently unveiled Skye UTM (Unmanned Traffic Management), touted as the world's most cutting-edge unmanned traffic management system.

About:
 It is a Cloud-based aerial traffic management system that integrates unmanned air traffic with manned aviation airspace.
 It has been built towards providing situational awareness, autonomous navigation, risk assessment, and traffic management to all drone/other aerial mobility operators across the airspace.
 It connects and communicates with all types of drones, from survey drones to delivery drones to aerial taxis. It can handle more than 4000 flights per hour.
 The platform offers regulatory access to Air Traffic Controllers and other regulatory authorities, allowing them to have real-time drone traffic movement information, pilot information, and other necessary data for evaluation and coordination.