{{BLP primary sources|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox astronaut | name =Parimal Kopardekar | image = | type =[[NASA]] Air-Space Technologist | status =Director, NASA Aeronautics Research Institute | alma_mater =[[Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute]], [[State University of New York at Buffalo]], [[University of Cincinnati]] | occupation =Air-Space Technologist | mission =UAS Traffic Management |}}
'''Parimal Kopardekar''' is a senior technologist for [[NASA]] as the Air Transportation Systems and principal investigator for the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management project at the NASA Ames Research Center. He holds a doctorate and master's in industrial engineering and bachelor's degree in production engineering.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/three-indian-american-scientists-among-latest-group-of-american-institute-of-aeronautics-and-astronautics-fellows/article_6a58176e-4f24-11e8-b9df-373ec8e0e53d.html|title = Three Indian American Scientists Among Latest Group of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Fellows}}</ref> He is the recipient of the [[Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals]]<ref>{{cite web |title=2018 Samuel H Heyson Service to America winner for Promising Innovation |url=https://servicetoamericamedals.org/honorees/parimal-kopardekar-ph-d-and-the-team/}}</ref> in the promising innovation category for the UTM system in 2018.
== Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management ==
Parimal Kopardekar is the inventor of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM).<ref>{{cite web |last1=UTM |first1=patent |title=USPTO |url=https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&s1=10332405.PN.}}</ref> and the Director of [[NASA]] Aeronautics Research Institute<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kopardekar |first1=Parimal |title=Profile |url=https://nari.arc.nasa.gov/director}}</ref> The UTM software was recognized as the 2019 NASA Software Of the Year<ref>{{cite web |title=NASA's 2019 Software of the Year to UAS Traffic Management Services (UTM) software |url=https://aviationsystems.arc.nasa.gov/about/awards/2019_soya_utm.shtml}}</ref> and the UTM patent, the 2020 NASA Government Invention Of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=NASA Government Invention of the Year 2020 for Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management Patent |date=4 June 2020|url=https://www.nasa.gov/feature/utm-awarded-2020-nasa-government-invention-of-the-year}}</ref> The UTM system was developed by [[NASA]] in collaboration with the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] (FAA) and over 100 industry and academia partners.<ref>{{cite web |title=NASA, FAA and industry partnership to develop UTM |url=https://www.faa.gov/uas/research_development/traffic_management/}}</ref> The UTM system enables automated airspace access to small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (aka drones) to operate in low altitude airspace below {{convert|400|ft|m|abbr=on}}. The operational version of the UTM system is being deployed by the FAA and is known as Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC).<ref>{{cite web |title=FAA Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) |url=https://www.faa.gov/uas/research_development/traffic_management/}}</ref> LAANC is currently available at 726 airports around the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=FAA LAANC |url=https://www.faa.gov/uas/programs_partnerships/data_exchange/}}</ref>
== Further reading ==
* UTM 101<ref>{{cite web |title=UTM 101 |date=26 June 2020|url=https://www.nasa.gov/aeroresearch/utm-101/}}</ref> * What is Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management?<ref>{{cite web |title=What is Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management? |date=6 June 2018|url=https://www.nasa.gov/ames/utm}}</ref> * List of UTM Industry and Academia Partners<ref>{{cite web |title=List of UTM Partners |date=31 August 2016|url=https://www.nasa.gov/aeroresearch/programs/aosp/saso/partners/}}</ref> * UTM Technical Documents, Papers and Presentations<ref>{{cite web |title=UTM Technical Documents, Papers and Presentations |date=3 February 2021|url=https://www.nasa.gov/aeroresearch/utm-tech-docs-papers-presentations}}</ref>
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