{"id":24347,"date":"2019-10-24T06:56:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T10:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/nasa-contracts-colorados-drone-traffic-technology-to-help-pilots\/"},"modified":"2019-10-24T06:56:20","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T10:56:20","slug":"nasa-contracts-colorados-drone-traffic-technology-to-help-pilots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/?p=24347","title":{"rendered":"NASA Contracts Colorado\u2019s Drone Traffic Technology To Help Pilots"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCHOOL DELAYS<\/strong>Some delays are being announced for schools around Colorado<\/em><\/a>\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t <\/p>\n

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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) \u2013 <\/strong>A Colorado start-up is hoping to revolutionize how drones are detected in the air while keeping pilots and passengers safe. Drone Traffic recently won a NASA contract to develop the technology and has been contacted by the FAA to help out around wildfires. <\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019ve already got 100 incidents per month that the FAA has documented where drones are operating where they should not be,\u201d said Drone Traffic CEO and Founder Rick Zelenka. \u201cSeveral of those incidents are actually collisions between a drone and a small aircraft.\u201d<\/p>\n

The idea started when Zelenka returned to flying after a hiatus. He took years off when drone technology started to erupt.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was worried about flying the aircraft and what might be out there. I started thinking how would I get to know of warnings of drones that are operating where they shouldn\u2019t be operating,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The idea is to have a small radar attach to aircraft. Then inside the cockpit, pilots can get an alert when a drone is in the area. The technology goes a step farther and inform other pilots in the area.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re bringing together these different pieces in a unique way. Let\u2019s crowdsource information so that all pilots know who are interested about a hazardous drone that might be in their flight path,\u201d Zelenka said. \u201cA pilot like me is going to need that information in real time to say, \u2018Hey there\u2019s a drone out there, it\u2019s hazardous, watch out for it. Do something different.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

NASA has a long history helping technology incorporate into air traffic control. Drone Traffic\u2019s grant will help bring software and hardware together to make his patent a reality. He\u2019s meeting with more government officials in the coming weeks to see if it can help other pilots.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe FAA contacted me with, \u2018Hey can we apply your system to help us out with this. So we can identify these drones and help our guys flying the firefighter aircraft to avoid these drones.\u201d<\/p>\n

Currently planes are grounded around wildfires when a drone is in the area. This technology could keep firefighters working and safe.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want as much safety improvements as I can have,\u201d Zelenka said.<\/p>\n

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SCHOOL DELAYSSome delays are being announced for schools around Colorado\t\t<\/p>\n

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) \u2013 A Colorado start-up is hoping to revolutionize how drones are detected in the air while keeping pilots and passengers safe. Drone Traffic recently won a NASA contract to develop the technology and has been contacted by the FAA to help out around wildfires.
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\u201cWe\u2019ve already got 100 incidents per month that the FAA has documented where drones are operating where they should not be,\u201d said Drone Traffic CEO and Founder Rick Zelenka. \u201cSeveral of those incidents are actually collisions between a drone and a small aircraft.\u201d<\/p>\n

The idea started when Zelenka returned to flying after a hiatus. He took years off when drone technology started to erupt.<\/p>\n

(credit: CBS)<\/p>\n

\u201cI was worried about flying the aircraft and what might be out there. I started thinking how would I get to know of warnings of drones that are operating where they shouldn\u2019t be operating,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The idea is to..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}