uas: India notifies new policy to safely managing drone traffic with manned aircraft at lower level airspace

NEW DELHI: India has put in place a traffic management system for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) as the number of drones being used here for multiple purposes is all set to see a massive increase. This made it mandatory to safely manage the interplay between manned and unmanned aircraft, especially at low level airspace where drones fly, for which the Union aviation ministry has now notified the “national UAS traffic management policy framework.”
“…the number of UAS operating in Indian airspace is poised to increase rapidly. India has started taking steps towards enabling advanced use cases like delivery of goods using unmanned aircraft and is also looking at human transportation using unmanned aircraft. Such use cases may require unmanned aircraft to fly alongside manned aircraft…. requires the creation of a separate, modern, primarily software-based, automated UAS traffic management (UTM) system. Such systems may subsequently be integrated into traditional air traffic…