Airspace Link: News & Blog
Press releases, other news, and our thoughts on the drone industry.
March 27, 2020
Understanding the new FAA Type Certification for UAVs
On February 3rd the FAA formally issued its new proposed rule for comment on the Type Certification process for small UAS. This is a big regulatory step where the FAA recognizes that the industry is moving / has moved beyond the inflection point where the innovation of aerial autonomy is[…]
February 19, 2020
FAA Releases Proposed Remote ID Rule
What is Remote ID? Recently, the FAA released the Remote ID Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), a system by which law enforcement, public safety officials, and the general public can identify drone operators flying in US airspace. Remote ID is seen by many as a crucial step toward[…]
January 24, 2020
The Spoon: AirSpace Link Landed $4M in Funding for its Drone Flightpath Clearance System
AirSpace Link, a Detroit-based startup that automates flight path and FAA clearance for commercial drones, raised $4 million in seed funding in the second half of last year, TechCrunch uncovered yesterday. According to Crunchbase, AirSpace Link raised a $1 million pre-seed round in September led by 2048 Ventures, and[…]
January 24, 2020
Airspace Link Raises $4M Seed Round, debuts FAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Service Supplier Solutions
Airspace Link’s New AirHub™ Drone Platform Provides Essential Data and Authorization for Operational Planning in the USA, building the “highways in the skies.” DETROIT, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES, January 24, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ — Airspace Link, a unified airspace regulatory SaaS platform working directly with the FAA, state & local[…]
January 24, 2020
TechCrunch: Playing traffic cop for drones in cities and towns nets Airspace Link $4M
As the number of drones proliferates in cities and towns across America, government agencies are scrambling to find ways to manage the oncoming traffic that’s expected to clog up their airspace. Companies like Airmap and KittyHawk have raised tens of millions to develop technologies that can help cities manage congestion in[…]
January 22, 2020
Passion for Disruptive Potential w/ Michael Healander
During this episode, You, Me, and Your Top Three host and CGS Advisors CEO, Gregg Garrett, speaks with Michael Healander, Co-Founder, President and CEO, Airspace Link – a company that is building highways for the autonomous drone industry. Michael and Gregg spend time discussing the importance of ingenuity and the patterns[…]
January 10, 2020
Using GIS to Build “Highways in the Skies”
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) works hard to secure our national airspace, maintaining over 5.3 million square miles of domestic airspace for the United States. In Michigan alone, more than 2.7 million residents and 283 cities or townships live and operate under controlled airspace. One such community,[…]
December 13, 2019
The Spoon: Airspace Link Gets Immediate FAA Approvals for Commercial Drone Flights
The idea of drones zipping through the sky to deliver you burritos in just minutes sounds so cyberpunky and cool. Because it is! That’s why companies like Google and Uber Eats are investing so heavily in the technology. But as with so many things, to get something[…]
November 5, 2019
Sharing the Airspace: 2019 UAV Regulations Take Flight
Michael Healander shares thoughts on current and future UAV regulation at the Michigan IMAGIN conference: Read the full article: https://imagin.org/resources/Documents/IMAGINews/2019_3_autumn.pdf
October 25, 2019
Airspace Link Provides Drone Pilots with Essential Data for Operational Planning
Commercial enterprises and public entities have come to recognize the power drones have to make a variety of tasks faster, cheaper or safer. The regulatory hurdles and practical logistics around getting a UAV into the air can be difficult, but these are the exact sorts of challenges that Airspace[…]
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