Two drone startups will lift each other up

FlytBase and AirMap, two startups in the unmanned aerial vehicles space, have partnered to advance unmanned traffic management (UTM) technologies. This collaboration addresses the importance of establishing a controlled airspace for safe and secure drone flight at a time when the commercial drone industry is growing at an unprecedented rate. AirMap has two patent documents that both relate to configuring flight zones and controlling drone flight paths, which helps explain why FlytBase seeks to integrate AirMap‘s capabilities into its enterprise solutions, so that sense-and-avoid capabilities can be augmented with airspace, weather information for optimal path planning, while avoiding no-fly zones and manned aircraft.