FutureFlight
Funding Round Boosts D3's Plans to Deliver Integrated Air Traffic Management
The German start-up now has funds to launch trial flight operations in 2021.
D3 Technologies
D3 Technologies is preparing to roll-out an integrated air traffic management system to support eVTOL operations, especially in urban areas. (Image: D3 Technologies)

D3 Technologies, the German start-up promising solutions to the urban air mobility (UAM) sector’s air traffic management (ATM) challenges, has raised €2.9 million ($3.5 million) in a Seed II funding round. The fresh capital has been provided by investors including Vector Venture Capital, SEK Ventures, EIT KIC Urban Mobility (part of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology), and Mutschler Ventures.

The company says it expects to start a pilot application for its proposed system in June or July of 2021 by equipping one or two airports in the Munich area and operating some trial operations with test vehicles. It will likely start with a fairly large drone but may also use an existing light aircraft. The integrated ATM package consists of a ground station, communications equipment, and on-board avionics (which the company refers to as a "blue box").