New Zealand: Aerospace Collaboration “For Safe Integration of New and Existing Sector Technologies”

Air­ways Inter­na­tion­al and Tāwha­ki Joint Ven­ture announced this week, a col­lab­o­ra­tion to help push for­ward the New Zealand aero­space sec­tor, reports a press release. Both com­pa­nies are focused on sup­port­ing growth in a way that enables a safe inte­gra­tion of new and exist­ing aero­space tech­nolo­gies.

The agree­ment “iden­ti­fies key tar­get areas to fast-track test­ing of uncrewed air­craft that can ben­e­fit oper­a­tors, pol­i­cy mak­ers and reg­u­la­tors in Aotearoa New Zealand and around the world,” explains the release.

Tāwha­ki will soon be deploy­ing the lat­est Air­ways uncrewed traf­fic man­age­ment (UTM) sys­tem, Air­Share, at the Nation­al Aero­space Cen­tre at Kaitorete. The goal of Air­Share is to share the air safe­ly and effi­cient­ly by pro­vid­ing a clear pic­ture of air­space activ­i­ty for oper­a­tors.

The part­ners are also look­ing to set up ini­tia­tives such as flight cor­ri­dors, which can explore future con­cepts of oper­a­tions to sup­port new types of air­craft. The data from these projects would direct­ly assist pol­i­cy mak­ers, reg­u­la­tors and stan­dards devel­op­ment organ­i­sa­tions, to pre­pare for such enter­pris­es as new and uncrewed air­craft become com­mon­place.

Tāwha­ki Run­way

Lin­da Fal­wass­er, CEO of Tāwha­ki, remarked, “We need to be respon­sive and pro­gres­sive in how we help this sec­tor grow and work togeth­er to find prac­ti­cal, for­ward-look­ing solu­tions is key. We’re thrilled to be part­ner­ing with Air­ways Inter­na­tion­al, to safe­ly devel­op more sus­tain­able trans­port options and tack­le some of the big chal­lenges fac­ing our peo­ple and plan­et.”

The release con­tin­ues, “Tāwha­ki is attract­ing com­pa­nies from around the world and sup­port­ing aero­space endeav­ours from R&D to inno­v­a­tive start-ups and full-scale oper­a­tors at its Nation­al Aero­space Cen­tre. It is recog­nised as one of the world’s pre­mier loca­tions for aero­space, launch and space explo­ration.”

For more infor­ma­tion

https://airwaysinternational.com

https://www.mbie.govt.nz/science-and-technology/science-and-innovation/international-opportunities/new-zealand-r‑d/innovative-partnerships/project-tawhaki

(Top image: BETA ALIA as Future Air New Zealand Air­craft)

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