Droniq CEO Jan-Eric Putze on Creating a UAV Ecosystem

At Amsterdam Drone Week, DRONELIFE had the opportunity for an exclusive interview with Jan-Eric Putze, CEO of German UTM company Droniq.  Started in 2016 as Connected Drones, a research project of Deutsche Telecom and DFS, Germany’s air navigation service provider, Droniq offers a combination of hardware and software solutions designed to help integrate commercial drones into the airspace.

Droniq CEO Putze has a background in manned aviation which has fed his passion for the unmanned industry.  “I’ve been a pilot since 1995 – I’m a commercial pilot and a flight instructor,” says Putze.  “I see the need to integrate drones in the airspace: and to have the opportunity to do that in a new market is a once in a lifetime opportunity.”

Putze is also the President of the Alliance for New Mobility Europe (AME): formed just last month to bring together stakeholders in the European UAV and eVTOL market to drive work on standardization and integration…