The Telecom-to-Aviation Playbook for Scaling Airspace Systems
Aviation's infrastructure challenges through the lens of telecommunications history — why interoperability and regulatory alignment from telecom's transition apply to modern drone systems, UTM, and advanced air mobility.
Show Notes
Amit Ganjoo, a long-standing leader in drone traffic management, UTM, and U-Space systems, joins Alex Brooker to explore how interoperability and regulatory alignment — lessons learned during telecom's transition from fragmented standards — apply to modern drone systems, unmanned traffic management, and advanced air mobility. The conversation covers why complex systems fail at interfaces, the role of certification in organisational change, and strategies for moving from experimental to operational airspace infrastructure.
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