AI-enabled Traffic Management System for Urban Air Mobility

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We’re building the future of air traffic

We have made significant strides toward solving one of the biggest challenges in the future of aviation: how to safely manage autonomous aircraft in crowded, fast-changing urban skies. Backed by NASA and in partnership with industry and government collaborators, we’ve built a sophisticated simulation platform for traffic management in advanced air mobility (AAM)—the foundation for enabling autonomous drones, urban air delivery, and beyond.

From lab innovation to real-world systems.
Over the past year, we’ve developed a hardware-in-the-loop simulation platform with integrated AI-based traffic management, real-time communication, and flight control software. We’ve fine tuned autonomy models, built custom control stacks, and even assembled our own test drones. We’ve begun to bridge the gap between high-fidelity simulation and reality—running tests in the field to validate system performance and collaborating with additional partners like DOT, Qualcomm, DroneResponders, Excentium, and Unmanned Experts. 

As further recognition of our momentum, we were selected for an exclusive NVIDIA hackathon for large-scale NASA-backed projects, where we worked directly with NVIDIA mentors to optimize our models. We also secured $200,000 in compute credits from four major cloud providers to support and scale our software and AI systems—demonstrating the technical strength, impact, and dedication of our team.

What’s next—and how you can help.
We’re preparing to scale our field testing efforts across multiple sites and launch a series of technology demonstrations to showcase the next-generation traffic management system we’ve built. This next phase requires additional drones, upgraded modules, and the equipment needed to support the larger-scale scenarios we'll be demonstrating in the field. Your support will directly fund the resources we need to scale our field testing, conduct additional multi-site tests across the country, and cover the travel and logistics required to bring our system to real-world environments.

Why this matters.
Advanced air mobility is poised to transform how people, goods, and services move through cities and rural regions alike. But it won’t be possible without the right infrastructure to manage drone traffic at scale. That’s what we’re building: a safe, intelligent, and scalable traffic management system that can serve as the backbone for this new era in aviation. By supporting us, you’re helping shape the future of mobility in our skies.

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$1,000

Field Test Patron

Invitation to attend one of our drone field tests and see the system in action.

$1,500

Technology Ally

Join a live Q&A with the project team + digital behind-the-scenes tour. (+ benefits of all previous tiers)

$2,000

Airspace Advocate

Early access to demo videos and updates, plus name listed on our supporter wall. (+ benefits of all previous tiers)

$2,500

Mission Insider

Private virtual briefing on our roadmap + priority invitation to future events. (+ benefits of all previous tiers)

$3,000

Autonomy Partner

Recognition in our project documentation + invite to a special demo day. (+ benefits of all previous tiers)

$5,000

Skies Circle

Personalized lab tour + lifetime invitation to future demos and tech milestones. (+ benefits of all previous tiers)