What Happened
Cornell Researchers Develop Airspace Management Architecture
Researchers at Cornell University are testing a NASA-funded airspace management architecture, known as Project Orion, to improve the safety and efficiency of dense drone operations. The project, led by doctoral candidate Mehrnaz Sabet, aims to develop a tactical deconfliction layer that fills the gap between preflight strategic planning and last-resort collision avoidance. This initiative was reported by Aviation Week.