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Women and Drones welcomes AURA Network Systems (AURA) as a company exemplifying efforts to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion within the growing autonomous operations industry.

Light Reading shares that Aura is already operating a nationwide wireless network designed for future autonomous cargo drones.

The air taxi industry could generate up to $16 billion in new business investments in Virginia and carry as many as 66 million passengers by 2045, according to a January report from the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corp. and the state commerce and trade secretary.

McLean, Virginia-based AURA is building a nationwide safety-critical network for command-and-control (C2) communications with uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operating beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) in national airspace.

Aura Network Systems, a Virginia-based company developing a wireless communications network for unpiloted and autonomous aircraft, has raised $75 million in its latest funding round.

How FCC-Licensed Aviation Spectrum Enables BVLOS Drone Flight: AURA Networks

By: Dawn Zoldi (Colonel, USAF Ret.), originally published in DroneLife, 1//14/22

Higher, Farther and Safer: AURA Network Systems Enables Autonomous Aviation in Controlled Airspace

They say communication is key. This adage applies not only to life in general, but also to integrating uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) into the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS).

Commercial UAV News’ Juan Plaza published a detailed report headlined, “Will Voice Commands Play a Role in the Deployment of Drones and Air Taxis?” (Spoiler alert: Yes.) The article highlights how AURA’s critical communications links assure safe operations of remotely piloted commercial flights beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS).

How can we integrate a vehicle without a pilot into this system? Well, for starters, UAVs and advanced air mobility (AAM) will not, initially, be flying from Texas to Florida at 45,000 ft.