Finnish vendor Nokia will be in charge of the deployment of Europe’s first dedicated testing facility for the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for traffic management.
Nokia’s testing facility, which will be located at Twente Airport, near Enschede in the Netherlands, will enable the Nordic firm to develop and trial its UAV Traffic Management (UTM) system for the use of drones in proximity of urban areas, people, manned aircraft, other drones and hundreds of other objects.
The deployment of this facility was agreed in a Memorandum of Understanding signed with the Municipality of Enschede, the Province of Overijssel, Unmanned Systems Center and Area Development Twente.
Under the terms of the deal, Nokia will design and deliver the infrastructure to test and develop the Nokia UTM system at Twente Airport through real-life simulations and commercial demonstrations.