Complete airspace situational awareness for UAS operators combines private, customer-specific drone telemetry and ADS-B aircraft tracking.
uAvionix has announced the launch of Trakr, a new suite of hardware and services extending its FlightLine airspace surveillance platform to include real-time monitoring of customer-owned drone operations alongside ADS-B data from aircraft.
By integrating Trakr’s UAS-specific position feeds with FlightLine’s ADS-B aircraft surveillance, uAvionix now offers a comprehensive picture of low-altitude airspace for operators conducting critical missions such as Drone as First Responder (DFR), infrastructure inspection, wildfire response, range management, and more.
Closing the Gaps in Low-Altitude Visibility
As low-altitude airspace becomes increasingly populated with UAS, operators and airspace managers encounter growing challenges in maintaining situational awareness. FlightLine has long delivered FAA-trusted ADS-B surveillance. However, the lack of assured, real-time drone tracking has created significant blind spots for UAS operators — especially in BVLOS and multi-drone environments. Remote ID technologies provide limited range and often do not meet the needs of enterprise operations.
The Trakr + FlightLine Solution
With the introduction of Trakr, uAvionix delivers a private UAS tracking ecosystem integrated with the FlightLine platform for the display and monitoring of UAS operations. The Trakr device, a compact, low-SWaP transmitter attached to each drone, broadcasts real-time GPS position over the 915 MHz ISM band. This signal is received by either a permanently installed TrakrStation or the portable, battery-powered TrakrStationLTE, and transmitted to the cloud-based FlightLine portal.
The result is a “single pane of glass” presenting ADS-B aircraft and customer operations data from Trakr-equipped drones—allowing operators to identify and separate their own drones from nearby aircraft, other UAS, and obstacles in real time, via the uAvionix FlightLine UI or through an API integrated into third-party airspace management tools.
Trusted for Mission-Critical UAS Operations
The combination of Trakr hardware with FlightLine cloud services and display is already being adopted by UAS operators in public safety, energy, and defence sectors. From linear infrastructure inspections to flight ranges and urban emergency response, uAvionix is enabling these operators to carry out safe, efficient missions with confidence.
“As the skies grow more complex at low altitudes, 100% airspace situational awareness is no longer a luxury—it’s a necessity,” said Cyriel Kronenburg, VP UAS and Aviation Networks at uAvionix. “By combining trusted ADS-B surveillance with private, customer-owned drone tracking, we’re delivering the complete airspace picture that an Air Boss, Operations Control Centre or individual UAS operators need to fly safer, go farther, and prove compliance. Trakr extends FlightLine’s value in a way that no other system can.”
