Stratodynamics Aviation Inc, a provider of high-altitude flight services utilizing uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) designed for earth observation, has joined the HAPS Alliance, a non-profit association dedicated to building a high altitude platform stations (HAPS) ecosystem that brings digital connectivity to everyone, everywhere.
As a member of the HAPS Alliance, Stratodynamics will collaborate with world-leading telecommunications, technology, aviation, and aerospace companies to accelerate commercial adoption, advocate for safety and regulatory standards, and build a cooperative HAPS ecosystem.
This year, Stratodynamics will be launching a larger version of their stratospheric glider known as the HiDRON Suborbital. The new clean sheet aircraft designed for stratospheric flight can carry a 6kg payload in a 9U CubeSat form factor (10 x 10 x 90 cm). Furthermore, the company is adding Australia to its list of launch locations which also includes the US and Canada.
Stratodynamics Aviation Inc. CEO Gary Pundsack said,
“The greatest innovations arise when a community engages to solve complex problems. Stratodynamics Aviation Inc. is pleased to join the HAPS Alliance as we pioneer high-altitude flight with efficient aircraft that minimize environmental impacts.”
The HAPS Alliance members collaborate with other organizations to influence regulatory direction while promoting the benefits of HAPS in the stratosphere. The HAPS Alliance working groups bring together industry leaders to develop product specifications and promote standardization in the following ways:
- Telecom: Advocate for global harmonization of HAPS spectrum at ITU and national level; influence emerging commercial standards, including 3GPP non-terrestrial networks
- Aviation: Promote industry-managed cooperative separation in the upper airspace, including collaborative testing, simulations, and pilot programs
- Commercialization: Demonstrate the industry’s viability to potential customers and build a cooperative haps ecosystem
- Interoperability: Develop product specifications and promote the standardization of interoperable haps network elements.
About HAPS Alliance
The HAPS Alliance is an industry association of High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) industry leaders that include telecommunications, technology, aviation and aerospace companies, as well as public and educational institutions. United by a vision to address diverse social issues and create new value through the utilization of high-altitude vehicles in the stratosphere, the Alliance is working to accelerate the development and commercial adoption of HAPS technology by promoting and building industry-wide standards, interoperability guidelines and regulatory policies in both the telecommunication and aviation industries.
Source: Press Release