Embention has joined the HAPS Alliance, a non-profit association dedicated to building a high altitude platform stations (HAPS) ecosystem that brings digital sensing and connectivity to everyone, everywhere.
As a member of the HAPS Alliance, Embention will collaborate with leading telecommunications, technology, defense, aviation, and aerospace companies to accelerate commercial adoption, advocate for safety and regulatory standards, and build a cooperative HAPS ecosystem.
Javier Espuch, Chief Business Development Officer at Embention, said; “We are pleased to join the HAPS Alliance. The Alliance provides Embention with the opportunity to advance the development and deployment of high-altitude unmanned aircraft systems. We value the HAPS Alliance’s mission to promote innovation and global adoption of these technologies.”
The HAPS Alliance members collaborate with other organizations to influence regulatory direction while promoting the benefits of HAPS in the stratosphere. The HAPS Alliance working groups bring together industry leaders to develop product specifications and promote standardization in the following ways:
- Telecom: Advocate for global harmonization of HAPS spectrum at ITU and national level; influence emerging commercial standards, including 3GPP non-terrestrial networks.
- Aviation: Promote industry-managed cooperative separation in the upper airspace, including collaborative testing, simulations, and pilot programs.
- Defense: Provide valuable input to the HAPS Alliance community, drawing on collective experience in the defense environment.
- Commercialization: Demonstrate the industry’s viability to potential customers and build a cooperative HAPS ecosystem.
- Interoperability: Develop product specifications and promote the standardization of interoperable haps network elements.
