By Tamara Casey, President of AURA Network Ventures

This year, Memorial Day weekend feels particularly special for me, because of a woman pilot named Elizabeth P. Hartz Carroll. Or, perhaps more accurately, because of the memorial that marks her final resting place.

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.

By Chief Executive Officer Bill Tolpegin

AURA’s filing in response to the NTIA’s request for comments on the development and implementation of its NSS highlights the crucial importance of ensuring the availability of spectrum for safe and large-scale uncrewed aircraft (UA) applications.

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.

Federated Wireless Partners with AURA Network Systems to Advance Autonomous Aviation with Spectrum Management in the 450 MHz Band.

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).

AURA Secures $75 Million in New Funding Round

Financing Follows Successful Demonstrations of Proprietary Network Designed to Enable Remotely Piloted Commercial Flights Beyond Visual Line of Sight

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.