Middle East: “ANRA Technologies Appointed to Develop Landmark UTM System for Safe, Seamless Drone Traffic Coordination”

Kudos to U.S‑based ANRA Tech­nolo­gies who has been appoint­ed by the Dubai Avi­a­tion Engi­neer­ing Projects (DAEP), in col­lab­o­ra­tion with Air Nav­i­ga­tion Ser­vices, to devel­op a land­mark UTM sys­tem for safe and seam­less drone traf­fic coor­di­na­tion around the city’s sky, reports a press release.

This ground­break­ing ini­tia­tive places Dubai at the fore­front of glob­al efforts to inte­grate AAM into urban air­space, while open­ing the door for wide­spread com­mer­cial ser­vices around the UAE and then the Mid­dle East. 

The ini­tia­tive will estab­lish one of the most advanced dig­i­tal air­space man­age­ment sys­tems in the world across the Dubai Con­trol Traf­fic Area (CTA).

At the core of the pro­gram is ANRA’s glob­al-lead­ing UTM plat­form, a pro­duc­tion-grade soft­ware sys­tem that inte­grates drones and advanced air mobil­i­ty craft into a com­plex air­space. The plat­form will empow­er Dubai to autho­rise flights; mon­i­tor real-time air­space activ­i­ty; detect and resolve con­flicts; and coor­di­nate eas­i­ly with stake­hold­ers and com­mer­cial UAS oper­a­tors.

Key Capa­bil­i­ties of Dubai’s UTM Plat­form

: Inte­grat­ed Dig­i­tal Air­space Pic­ture - Fusion of radar, weath­er, NOTAM and live drone track­ing into a uni­fied, real-time oper­a­tional view.

: Advanced Oper­a­tor Tools - Flight approvals, dynam­ic air­space man­age­ment, strate­gic con­flict detec­tion and emer­gency coor­di­na­tion pow­ered by ANRA’s soft­ware suite.

: Seam­less Con­nec­tiv­i­ty - Robust, high-avail­abil­i­ty data exchange between author­i­ties, oper­a­tors and cloud-based ser­vices.

: Future-Ready Design - Scal­able archi­tec­ture that can evolve to sup­port counter-drone solu­tions, advanced ana­lyt­ics, with the abil­i­ty to expand to sup­port Urban Air Mobil­i­ty (UAM) and ulti­mate­ly inte­gra­tion with Air Traf­fic Man­age­ment (ATM). 

H.E. Khal­i­fa Al Zaf­fin, Exec­u­tive Chair­man of DAEP, com­ment­ed, “The sys­tem will pro­vide Dubai with the dig­i­tal infra­struc­ture to lead in unmanned avi­a­tion and ensure stake­hold­er col­lab­o­ra­tion from day one.”

H.E. Ibrahim Ahli, CEO of Dubai Air Nav­i­ga­tion Ser­vices, added, “We are deploy­ing a UTM sys­tem of the high­est stan­dard, which will guar­an­tee the most strin­gent safe­ty and effi­cien­cy stan­dards. This is Dubai’s ded­i­ca­tion to influ­enc­ing the future of avi­a­tion.”

The release states, “The project will be deliv­ered through a phased deploy­ment approach, ensur­ing ear­ly capa­bil­i­ties are avail­able while enabling con­tin­u­al enhance­ments over time. To sup­port long-term suc­cess, ANRA is to estab­lish a ded­i­cat­ed pres­ence in Dubai to pro­vide ongo­ing exper­tise and ensure flaw­less oper­a­tions.”

It con­tin­ues, “This col­lab­o­ra­tion marks a defin­ing mile­stone in aviation’s dig­i­tal trans­for­ma­tion. Togeth­er, Dubai and ANRA are cre­at­ing one of the world’s most advanced UTM plat­forms, estab­lish­ing a bench­mark for safe, effi­cient and scal­able drone inte­gra­tion into urban air­spaces.”

Amit Gan­joo

Amit Gan­joo, Founder and CEO of ANRA Tech­nolo­gies, remarked, “Dubai’s for­ward-think­ing approach sets a glob­al stan­dard for drone inte­gra­tion. This pro­gram will not only trans­form local air­space man­age­ment, but also serve as a blue­print for the wider Mid­dle East and beyond.”

ANRA Tech­nolo­gies, is viewed as a glob­al leader in advanced UTM solu­tions, bring­ing proven exper­tise from deploy­ments across Europe, Asia and the Unit­ed States.

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