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Tulsa, OK – March 19, 2026 – Skyway Range announced the selection of AirWise Solutions, High Lander, and OneSky to participate in the SAFE-T Uncrewed Traffic Management (UTM) Accelerator Program, a first of its kind initiative supporting the growth of safe, scalable drone operations in the Tulsa region.
SAFE-T is a flagship initiative of the Tulsa Tech Hub, a federally designated Economic Development Administration Tech Hub managed by Tulsa Innovation Labs and focused on advancing autonomy across the region.
The three companies were selected through a competitive process and will operate alongside one another within the Skyway Range SAFE-T environment. Their participation advances Tulsa’s position as a place where advanced aviation technologies are not just developed—but actively used, evaluated, and prepared for real-world deployment.
Under the program, each provider will deploy and operate their own UTM system within Skyway Range's live BVLOS airspace, demonstrating real-time interoperability with the other participating providers simultaneously. This includes coordinated flight planning, strategic deconfliction, conformance monitoring, and contingency management — the full stack of capabilities. The program follows milestone-based performance gates aligned with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) UTM implementation standards, with a clear pathway toward self-sustaining commercial operations and a neutral, multi-vendor UTM marketplace in Tulsa.
“SAFE-T is where urban UAS operations move from theory to reality preparing for the greater advanced air mobility environment,” said Jason George, General Manager of Skyway Range. “By bringing AirWise Solutions, High Lander, and OneSky into live operations at Skyway Range, we’re proving that multi-provider systems can work together safely in real airspace. That’s a critical step toward certification, deployment, and scale—and it’s exactly the kind of momentum the Tulsa Tech Hub was created to generate.”
SAFE-T provides the infrastructure needed for companies and operators to work in shared airspace, demonstrate coordination, and build confidence with regulators, customers, and partners. The accelerator program is designed to ensure that Tulsa remains a national proving ground where collaboration leads to real operational outcomes.
“The accelerator program is a critical step in building what SAFE-T was designed to be,” said Craig Mahaney, CEO of meerir, the technical program lead organization. “AirWise Solutions, High Lander, and OneSky each bring distinct capabilities into a shared operational environment, and together they allow us to validate interoperability, governance, and real-world performance in a way no single provider could. This is foundational to delivering a first-of-its-kind system that supports safe, scalable autonomy.”
The SAFE-T UTM Accelerator Program reinforces Skyway Range’s role as a neutral, collaborative environment where industry, government, and community partners come together to advance the future of aviation—safely, responsibly, and at scale.
Skyway Range operates a 1,200-square-mile beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) uncrewed flight test range originally developed in partnership with Osage LLC, Oklahoma State University, and Tulsa Innovation Labs. With 4 droneports and diverse testing conditions in both rural and urban settings, Skyway Range has become a cornerstone of the nation's uncrewed aircraft infrastructure. For more information, visit skywayrange.com.
About meerir
meerir is building the decision intelligence layer for the autonomous aviation era. The platform fuses multi-source aviation, infrastructure, and geospatial data into an AI-powered interface that delivers analyst-grade airspace intelligence through natural language, enabling operators and planners to move faster without specialized data skills. meerir partners with operators, airport authorities, and government agencies to design, integrate, and govern the infrastructure required for safe, scalable autonomous operations. For more information, visit meerir.com.
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