AUGUST 2021AEROSPACEDEFENSEREVIEW.COM8INTERWEAVING DRONES WITH AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENTBy Oliver Pulcher, Director of Corporate Development, Strategy, International Affairs and UAS at DFS Deutsche FlugsicherungThe German air navigation service provider (ANSP) DFSis committed to the safe and fair integration of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) into airspace. It wants to enable safe, efficient and orderly operations for all air traffic participants.DFS positioned itself early and actively in the EU's U-space initiative, part of the European SESAR Joint Undertaking,to consolidate its role in the dynamic drone market. DFS is not just focussing on its current sovereign mandate as an ANSP, buthas the entire controlled and uncontrolled airspace in view, with manned and unmanned traffic.To include new airspace participants safely and fairly, they have to be synchronised with traditional air traffic management (ATM) in terms of technology as well as processes and procedures. As part of an extended mandate, DFS sees itself responsible for structuring, organisingand managing future air traffic management in the entire airspace.In My Opinion
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