ANRA Technologies and everis Aerospace, Defense, and Security (everis ADS) have partnered to develop comprehensive Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) and U-Space technologies for safe and efficient low altitude airspace operations.

Through the agreement, the entities will leverage their respective strengths, including ANRA’s software platform for UTM. Meanwhile, everis ADS, which develops “differential solutions based on the integration of innovative technologies,” will bring its expertise to the table.

“Within the envisioned UTM ecosystem, operations will be organized, coordinated, and managed by a federated set of actors in a distributed network of highly automated systems,” explains Amit Ganjoo, CEO of ANRA.

“Along with our everis ADS partner, we can deliver that capability today worldwide.”

According to ANRA and everis ADS, it is apparent that the existing Air Traffic Management (ATM) System “cannot cost-effectively scale to deliver services for UAS,” due to the number and type of UAS operations forecasted.

To enable the safe management of the expected rapid influx of UAS operations in an airspace that the entities describe as “historically underutilized,” ANRA and everis ADS say that there is a need for technologies that develop beyond the current ATM infrastructure and Air Traffic Control (ATC) resources.

The companies will address this challenge by providing a “comprehensive deployment of UTM that interfaces with existing infrastructure for specific geographic regions or entire nation-states.”

“ANRA is an ideal partner for everis ADS in this emerging market,” says Enrique López, CEO of everis ADS.

“They help fill a technological need for our customers that are seeking help to address this new requirement, as this collaboration supports and strengthens our goal of offering differential solutions based on innovative technologies.”