Unmanned Aerial Traffic System | Parimal Kopardekar | Talks at Google

Parimal "PK" Kopardekar is developing a system to safely enable low altitude unmanned aerial system (UAS) operations. The system is referred to as UAS Traffic Management (UTM). The UTM will safely enable a variety of business models and multiple operations in the same airspace.
The UTM will provide services such as airspace configuration and geo-fencing, weather and wind integration, demand/capacity imbalance management, and separation management, and contingency management. The UTM system will evolve through four builds, which will be collaboratively tested with partners. The final prototype will be available for persistent daily use of UAS operations beyond line of sight.
BIOGRAPHY: Parimal Kopardekar serves as the Manager of the NASA’s Safe Autonomous System Operations (SASO) Project. The goal of the project is to develop autonomy related concepts, technologies, and architectures that will increase efficiency, safety, and capacity of airspace operations.
Prior to this, PK managed the NASA NextGen Concepts and Technology Development Project. PK has also initiated many research initiatives including reduced crew operations, net-enabled air traffic management, autonomy for airspace operations, Shadow-Mode Assessment using Realistic Technologies for the National Airspace System (SMART NAS), and low-altitude airspace management system focused on UAS operations. PK holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering and Bachelor’s degree in Production Engineering.

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Where do 5GS networks and HAPs come into place?

[@rss245x]

How would you handle Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attacks or naturally occurring EMP pulses from solar flares? What about Lasers? microwave? Other potential network redundancies of medias? to handle such rare but possible scenarios??

[@timlandscheidt]

The whole premise feels like "flying cars" - I don't see that happen anytime soon (or ever) as it looks very inefficient (and currently batteries last for 30 minutes?).

[@barny-6727]

Drones mainly i guess.

[@jayantsable3606]

Is he know Marathi?