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SkyGrid Introduces Mission Application to Support Unmanned Aircraft Operations
The app uses artificial intelligence to simplify the multiple tasks involved in planning and executing flights.
SkyGrid Flight Control app
The new SkyGrid Flight Control app is meant to provide a single mission planning and executive resources for drone operators. [Photo: SkyGrid]

Airspace management technology group SkyGrid has introduced an application that it says will automate all phases of unmanned aircraft operations. Although the SkyGrid Flight Control app, launched on September 29, is initially intended for smaller drones, the Texas-based company says it intends to adapt the system to support autonomous operations with more complex advanced air mobility aircraft.

The app uses artificial intelligence to help unmanned aircraft operators plan and execute missions, after first doing autonomous surveillance on the area of operation. It can support missions such as search and rescue, disaster response, perimeter surveillance, and site inspections.