Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management

4UTM Governance

“Responsibilities under regulation may need to evolve to consider [an] increased level of automation, use of UTM service providers and novel business models.”

Jarrett Larrow

UTM Program Manager, FAA⁶¹⁹

4.1 General—UTM Governance

Governance profoundly⁶²⁰ affects the architecture,⁶²¹ code,⁶²² services,⁶²³ participant roles and responsibilities,⁶²⁴ security,⁶²⁵ interoperability, integration, business models,⁶²⁶ and fairness⁶²⁷ of UTM.

Federated UTM introduces new stakeholders and presents novel demands that cry out for thoughtful governance.⁶²⁸ Lorenzo Murzilli observed:

We have a system that is managed safely today. If you want to change something in there [for UTM], it is not easy because all rules are built to manage traditionally ...