Altitude Angel Launches Prism Detect for Airspace Awareness
by DRONELIFE Staff Author Ian J. McNabb
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Altitude Angel, a UK based UTM (Unified Traffic Management) provider recently announced the launch of a brand new division, Prism Detect, which is able to utilize its ARROW network of ground-based scanners to supply customers who need advanced, unified awareness capabilities to permit for detection of each crewed and uncrewed aircraft. The ARROW network is fully integrated with Altitude Angel’s UTM platform, GuardianUTM, which processes and “fuses” the real-time data to create a “single-source-point-of-truth”, an ultra-high resolution real time moving map of the low-altitude sky.
As a program, the goal of Prism Detect is to enable managers of sensitive real estate or critical infrastructure with complete awareness of all airspace operators inside range of the towers, which will be temporary, mobile, or fixed installations. Altitude Angel highlights the pliability of this approach- unlike many competitors, Prism Detect can easily adapt to varied topography and may either be sized-up or down depending on the client’s needs. Moreover, due to its integration with the broader GuardianUTM infrastructure, Prism Detect may accurately differentiate between authorized and unauthorized incursions, allowing for educated decisionmaking. This type of flexibility makes the product a very good fit for giant events like concert events or sports matches, where authorized UAVs operated in support of the event can safely operate while unauthorized drones can quickly be identified as potential foes.
Richard Parker, Altitude Angel, CEO and founder, said, “Prism Detect will give those with responsibility for critical infrastructure, sensitive real-estate, or outdoor sport and entertainment venues, unparalleled visibility into the sky above. By providing clear intelligence as to who, or what, is working within the airspace means appropriate and proportionate decisions will be made swiftly and with confidence. Today, facilities worldwide can avail of a wide range of often independent sensors, each telling only a single chapter of the story and offer little to no actual intelligence to tell apart between authorised and unauthorised traffic. If the world is to welcome drones, then the world needs Prism Detect to assist it make sense of the information.”
Observers might recognize the ARROW technology and GuardianUTM from its use within the “World’s Largest Drone Superhighway”, Project Skyway, which is currently developing over 165 miles of interconnected drone airspace above Reading, Oxford, Milton Keynes, Cambridge, Coventry, and Rugby. More information on Altitude Angel and their recent Prism Detect program is accessible here.