nasa's development uaf traffic imagineme me management or utm. you can think of it like lanes, traffic lights. similarly, the system would provide airspace corridors, terrain avoidance, route planning and separation management, working alongside many committed partners, nasa will lead the research, development and testing of the utm, using a series of prototypes or builds, each increasing in capability. the first will be in august of this year. and also. in late july, nasa is holding a utm convention to explore and define the needs of low-altitude small uaf operations. over 500 attendees representing the federal, state, local government and general public have registered to attend. so, through game-changing research, nasa enables growing, sustainable and transformative aviation systems, sustaining this through partnerships built on clear roles and responsibilities, on long and productive working relationships and in close and continuous cord nation for the specific needs of uafs integration. as the challenges of uafs inter-great lakes emerge, nas

so the opportunity for that system to identify -- utm. an operator who is not filing plans and off-line within the system can be alerted to the authorities through the system such about actions could be taken in order to address that spirit that's no different than what we already have picked it was detected with the technology we currently have. they thought it was an anomaly or some such thing. you would think with the technology they would be detected but still nothing necessary would have prevented what happened. >> the technology we are putting in place, that is correct. what our technology does is allow for the safe use of aircraft that are participating in the system to manage their trajectories to be unaware of other aircraft, general aviation aircraft, traffic helicopters and the like that are flying so they can be safely avoided and business objectives can be met. >> does your technology differentiate between drones and say the movement of birds or weather patterns or what have you? >> there are rigorous systems being developed

civilian uas at lower altitudes, nasa's development in the system called uas traffic management or utm. you can think of this much like today's surface management where vehicles operate within a rules based system, roads, lanes, signs, traffic lights. similarly, the uas system would provide airspace corridors, root planning and separation management. nasa will lead the research, development and testing. utilizing a series of prototypes or builds each increase anything ability. each will be evaluated in a demonstration in august of this year. also in late july, nasa is holding a utm convention to explore and define the needs of low altitude small uas operations. over 510 of these representing the stakeholder community, federal, state, local government and general public registered to attend. so through game changing long-term research, nasa enables growing, stable, and transform active systems. partnerships built on clear roles and responsibilities, on long productive working relationships, and in close and continuous coordination for the specific needs of uas integration. as the challe