Advanced Drone Team Flies Higher to Mark Another Industry First in Major Urban Canadian Center

IN-FLIGHT Data, one of the most experienced operators in the world of advanced drones, in partnership with remote traffic management software leader AirMatrix, in an encore performance to last year’s ground-breaking UTM project, the duo successfully conducted one of the world’s first urban signals mapping operation, at almost 1,000 feet above the ground, beyond the line of sight of the pilot, and over urban neighbourhood populations.

This was yet another successful “SAIL 4” mission for the team at IN-FLIGHT Data. “SAIL” refers to the regulator’s combined complexity of a drone mission, from 1 (low) to 6 (high). No other project of this
level and scale is known to have ever been completed in the world.

Since Phase 1 of the project in 2022, IN-FLIGHT Data and AirMatrix have been testing, training and preparing to conduct a much larger advanced RF survey in Calgary. Completed in partnership with The
City’s Smart City Living Labs Program, The City’s aim is to offer access to City assets for companies,
researchers and individuals to test and try ideas and products in a real-life environment, helping entrepreneurs bring big ideas to fruition and supporting investment in the local economy.

Phase 2 of the project flew for 660 km entirely inside the City of Calgary, with a population of about 1.4
million people, under approved SFOC. Most times, the aircraft was over 2 km away from the pilot while
performing the high aerial survey. Utilizing a highly-trained aircrew working with advanced and certified
drones and the latest in aerial surveillance technologies, including hardware and software, the purpose
of the aerial intelligence gathering was to scale-up the measurement and assessment of the entire
communications network fabric above Calgary, including geolocation, cellular, radio and many others.

This understanding of urban radio network performance is required to support future advancements in
aviation. For example, the FAA in the USA recently announced the approval of flying taxis by 2028. This
project supports the development and growth of these technological advancements in transportation
and mobility, including aircraft such as Uber, Archer or Joby.
Telecommunications companies, governments, regulators, airspace navigation service providers, and
industry are all needed to understand how high-performance drone aircraft will safely navigate and
communicate in the air above population centres. Think of it like when the Canada Railway was built in
the 1800s – someone came before the rail lines to survey the route, level the land for the rail ties and
dig tunnels through mountains. That’s what this project achieved at scale – successfully 3D mapping
the urban network fabric of understanding and assess how future aircraft and infrastructure can take
advantage of these new high-performance networks to deliver future innovation to the cities and their
citizens.

About Airmatrix

The only platform of its kind globally, AirMatrix builds millimeter-precise skyways in urban and suburban
airspace, allowing cities worldwide to scale commercial drone operations. Providing traffic
management capabilities through the traffic manager dashboard, Libra and a coinciding operator platform granting accurate, conflict-free, 3D routes in real-time to enterprise drones incorporating beyond visual line of sight operations.

The sophistication of the AirMatrix software with its safe, reliable, and dynamic monitoring capabilities, is
enabling new industry applications for drones to emerge and scale as the industry evolves.
Contact: Ayaan Haider can be reached by phone at
(+1) 647-995-4181 and by email @ayaan@airmatrix.ca

About IN-FLIGHT Data

Based in Okotoks Alberta Canada, this drone service provider has built an outstanding client base since its
2014 inception, carrying out missions for private companies, organizations, and government agencies.
They are a Canadian SAIL 6 operator, hold three Guinness World Records for its drone flights, have a
perfect safety record, and also train advanced drone pilots.

Learn more about this aerospace company at www.inflightdata.ca; learn more about the projects at
www.linkedin.com/in/chrishealyprojects/

Contact: IN-FLIGHT Data can be reached by phone at
(+1) 403-512-8805 and by email @
info@inflightdata.ca