AstraUTM in Finland: Steps Closer to Urban Air Mobility

AstraUTM Deploys UTM in Finland

by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby

Leading UTM solutions provider AstraUTM has announced its second deployment in Finland as a part of the DROLO USP Project for the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. AstraUTM will make use of a USSP instance for the project, with the goal of integrating the system with Fintraffic ANS’s CIS solution.

“We are living in exciting times in Urban Air Mobility development in Europe and in Finland, and the now delivered AstraUTM constitutes one of the most important pieces to our U-Space puzzle. The Drolo consortium is thrilled to now be able to commence their advanced test flight programme on their way to their ultimate goal of creating sustainable business from urban airspace.” said VTT’s Dr. Petri Mononen, coordinator of the Drolo co-innovation initiative.

The project’s purpose is to allow drone systems, products and services to support future applications, as well as to set in…