AURA CEO Bill Tolpegin was the featured guest on the October 19 Dawn of Drones podcast hosted by Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Dawn Zoldi. He was invited as part of the show’s “Industry Enabler” series, spotlighting game-changing companies making a difference in the AAM, UAS and autonomous industries.

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.