AirShare, the UTM system used to help safely integrate uncrewed traffic into the airspace will be deployed for a group of New Zealand unattended aerodromes and large landowners as part of an airspace integration trial – the first being Tekapo Aerodrome.
Aotearoa New Zealand is taking further steps to advance uncrewed aircraft operations and be at the leading edge of airspace integration with the deployment of the AirShare uncrewed traffic management (UTM) system at Tāwhaki National Aerospace Centre.
Airways International and Tāwhaki Joint Venture are working together to help drive the New Zealand aerospace sector forward, as part of a collaboration agreement.
The AirShare UTM system has been used to track some groundbreaking test flights of a Wisk uncrewed aircraft in New Zealand. In this article published in Ascent e-magazine, Airways International’s Head of Products (Digital) Justine Whitfield explains the significance of the trials for AirShare.
The third issue of our Ascent e-magazine, published in March 2024. Featuring articles about our prototype situational awareness tool for unattended aerodromes; AirShare tracking uncrewed aircraft in Wisk trials; the PreFlight one-stop tool for NZ pilots; and our presence at Airspace World 2024 in Geneva.
We are pleased to announce that Airways International’s Products team recently achieved ISO27001 certification – the international standard for information security.
A partnership of aviation leaders has successfully completed a first-of-its-kind trial, including a series of test flights aimed at evaluating the operational integration of uncrewed aircraft flying beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) into controlled airspace.
Meet Casey Smeekes – AirShare Product Specialist, based at Airways International’s offices in Christchurch, New Zealand. In this Q&A with Casey, he shares a little about his role, and about AirShare and its contribution to the safe integration of drones into the airspace system.
