Could you briefly describe your organization’s core activities and explain how you see your contribution to the InterUSS platform?
Skypuzzler develops a service for both strategic and tactical conflict detection and resolution, based on mathematical modelling, that ensures a high number of drones can be airborne simultaneously in the same airspace. We aim to scale drone operations by contributing to the enabling of drone services at scale, transitioning from a current one-to-one approach to a one-to-many (1:n) approach. Our solution combines input from flight plans, tracking systems, Ground Control Stations (GCS), Geospatial (GEO) data, and weather sources, turning complex information into clear intelligence, thereby creating a holistic, real-time view of air traffic. We would like to help facilitate the integration of this type of service into the broader ecosystem, as we see open-source as a fantastic way to collaborate with other entities in the industry. We are, therefore, seeking partners with whom we can implement our service within the InterUSS platform, thereby solving the problems of drone congestion and limited scalability.
Have you implemented or tested any InterUSS tools or components in your operations? If so, in what context?
Not yet, but we are preparing to implement by connecting to the existing ecosystem that possesses the technological know-how to integrate with our advanced mathematical solution.
From your perspective, what unique value does open-source bring to UTM, and which industry challenges do you believe it is best positioned to solve?
A harmonised drone ecosystem is crucial for scalable operations. By contributing to open-source, we aim to ensure that strategic and tactical conflict detection and resolution can be utilised seamlessly and safely by different stakeholders and systems. Further, open-source ensures that we have well-defined transparent interfaces between different services, which also lowers barriers to entry and switching costs between services. Open-source in UTM can support our aim to improve scale and safety in 1:n drone operations.
About Skypuzzler
Skypuzzler is a Danish deep tech company enabling safe, scalable drone operations. Its integrated Digital Air Traffic Control (iDATC) provides real-time strategic and tactical Conflict Resolution Services (CRS) and clear flight paths via software-to-software communication without extra equipment to be installed on the drone. iDATC supports one-pilot-to-many-drones operations and helps manage growing airspace complexity, aligning with the objectives of the global drone ecosystem and regulation for digital, safe, and sustainable drone integration.
About Morten Skov
Morten Skov holds an MSc. in Computer Science and has over 12 years of industry experience developing reliable software aligned with the newest technology. He held significant positions in the software and technology industry. Morten served as a senior cyber-physical specialist at The Alexandra Institute in Copenhagen, focusing on research and development related to autonomous, multimodal, and heterogeneous swarm software. He also has several years of experience working with different levels of GNSS services and RTK technology and has a thorough understanding of the affordances and constraints of these assets and technologies in the frame of application in autonomous systems.
