AirOS Distributed UTM

Distributed UTM concept — Unmanned Traffic Control Zones (UTCZ) for uncrewed aircraft, with hardware and national integrations in development.

Overview

AirOS Distributed UTM is a development programme for uncrewed traffic management. An Unmanned Traffic Control Zone (UTCZ) is a local airspace cell that can run where drone activity is present: fuse position data, show tracks, and raise conflict advisories to pilots or onboard systems.

Dual-role AirOS Nodes (LTE-M + GNSS, Remote ID over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi), NATS OpenAir / U-space information services, and automated conflict resolution are hardware and integration work in progress — availability, coverage, and approval basis are scoped per deployment, not implied by this brochure. Regulatory alignment with CAP 722 and future U-space rules is a design goal; it is not a claim of certification against unspecified future regulations.

The conventional flight-planning map in Atlas / Flight Log is a different module.

AirOS Distributed UTM
AirOS Distributed UTM

Features

  • Dual-role AirOS Nodes: Planned compact LTE-M + GNSS devices that can act as airborne beacons or ground receivers for Remote ID over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi — hardware availability is scoped per programme
  • Dynamic UTCZ Management: On-demand zone servers that spin up automatically to handle live operations, scaling from a single drone to dense urban airspace
  • Networked Conflict Detection: Adjacent UTCZs share data and hand off aircraft seamlessly across boundaries, maintaining safety and continuity
  • Real-time Airspace Visualization: Interactive 3D airspace maps showing active UTCZs, aircraft positions, and conflict zones with live updates
  • Remote ID Integration: Designed for Remote ID detection over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when Nodes are deployed; support level follows the hardware release, not the software map alone
  • NATS OpenAir Integration: Intended connection to UK airspace modernisation / NATS OpenAir-style information services when the integration is commissioned for your deployment
  • Automated Conflict Resolution: Conflict detection with advisories to pilots or onboard systems is the design intent; automated resolution is not a released, unsupervised capability
  • Regulatory Compliance: Designed with CAP 722 and emerging U-space concepts in mind. Specific regulatory approvals remain the operator’s responsibility
  • Scalable Architecture: Fully distributed and serverless architecture ensuring minimal infrastructure cost when idle while remaining instantly scalable
  • Live Data Exchange: Real-time data aggregation, monitoring dashboards, and regulatory reporting with encrypted end-to-end communications