“The drone initiative gave us an unprecedented opportunity to operate in close cooperation with a regulator and with teams confronting real-world conditions head-on,” says Alon Abelson, CEO and co-founder of High Lander, an Israeli software company at the forefront of unmanned aerial traffic management.
“We don’t build drones – we’ve designed the next generation of air traffic control,” Abelson explains. “In a world where the number of drones is steadily increasing, particularly in shared and urban airspaces, we need a new kind of control; one based on software, autonomous communication, and a deep understanding of airspace traffic dynamics.”
There’s a vast, underutilized zone between dense ground-level traffic and high-altitude commercial airspace. This middle layer – known as Very Low Level (VLL) Altitude – is precisely the area in which drones operate and where airspace management is essential.
The numbers speak for themselves: there are about 40,000 commercial airplanes in the world, compared to 2.5 million registered drones in the United States alone. “This requires management,” Abelson emphasizes. Regulators now realize this, as have major industry players, including Boeing, Indra, and Airbus, all of which are now entering this field. “They understand that this is the future, and that they need to be ready.”
Abelson points to the rapid rise of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) – an emerging sector of unmanned aerial vehicles capable of transporting both goods and people. “It’s no longer science fiction. There are already unmanned aircraft – even in Israel – that are capable of carrying passengers from Eilat to Ramon Airport.”
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