ROCKVILLE, Md., Aug. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- As Unmanned Aircraft
Systems (UAS) take to the skies, it is essential for safety that
UAS operators and pilots are aware of each other. To help provide
this shared situational awareness, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has
deployed the first components of a UAS traffic management (UTM)
system that is available to the UAS community now.
Lockheed Martin's online Flight Service Pilot Web feeds flight
plan information directly to the Federal Aviation Administration's
National Airspace System (NAS) today. UAS operators now have an
option of reporting operating areas via this system. UAS
operators and pilots may access the system through the Lockheed
Martin Flight Service Pilot Portal.
"Our objective is an open, standards-based system that
individual operators and other private UTM systems can use to
interact seamlessly and securely with the NAS," said Paul Engola,
vice president of Lockheed Martin's Transportation and Financial
Solutions business. "We look forward to partnering with UAS
operators and manufacturers to help create a system that supports
the safe coexistence of manned and unmanned flight."
Lockheed Martin is developing additional UTM capabilities in
collaboration with several industry stakeholders including the NASA
UTM research project through a Space Act information sharing
agreement. These capabilities include standards-based software
interfaces that allow UAS ground control stations and other UTM
platforms to interact directly with Lockheed Martin's UTM system;
monitoring of UAS to determine if they remain in their intended
operating area; and notification of air traffic control when UAS
encroach on controlled airspace. Lockheed Martin is also developing
capabilities to support beyond line-of-sight UAS operations through
ground-based detect and avoid capabilities.
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About Lockheed Martin
Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a
global security and aerospace company that employs approximately
112,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the
research, design, development, manufacture, integration and
sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.
The Corporation's net sales for 2014 were $45.6 billion.
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