Aviation operations support firm Passur Aerospace (Booth 3516) and AirMap, which has developed an airspace management software platform for drones, have entered into a partnership to integrate Passur’s live flight data with AirMap's real-time traffic-alert system for unmanned aircraft.
Passur Aerospace, based in Bohemia, N.Y., owns and operates a passive radar and ground-based surface flight surveillance network that provides aircraft position updates every 1 to 4.6 seconds. The position reports feed into a proprietary database that is accessible in real time and delivers flight tracking data for manned aircraft.
The aircraft surveillance data will be integrated with AirMap’s real-time traffic alerts, providing drone operators with live updates on the position and trajectory of manned aircraft in their vicinity. The companies said they will also explore opportunities for drone operators to share real-time digital information about the location of their flights with manned aircraft using Passur’s databases and air traffic management products.
“Passur and AirMap collectively bring the leading manned and unmanned commercial traffic management platforms together, creating a big win for all aviation constituencies,” said James Barry, Passur Aerospace president and CEO.
Earlier this year, AirMap, based in Santa Monica, Calif., and the American Association of Airport Executives unveiled the Digital Notice and Awareness System (D-NAS), a notification system that enables drone operators to inform nearby airports of the location of their flights.
“AirMap's partnership with Passur will make the skies safer for both manned and unmanned aircraft,” said AirMap CEO Ben Marcus, an airline transport pilot and flight instructor. “By adding Passur’s real-time information about manned aircraft to AirMap’s existing data about live and hyperlocal flight conditions, we are enhancing situational awareness in low-altitude airspace, and making beyond-line-of-sight flight and deconfliction with manned aircraft possible for drones.”