We’re less than two weeks away from closing the awards entry window for the Seamless Skies Awards programme, have you prepared your materials yet?
The Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) and publishing partners Global Airspace Radar and Unmanned Airspace / Urban Air Mobility News have announced a new set of industry awards for Airspace World 2026. The Seamless Skies Awards have been developed to recognise exceptional achievements in the global air traffic management (ATM) and UAS traffic management (UTM) sectors during 2025.
Six categories to select from
Collaborative operations for sustainable skies – Successful partnerships between ANSPs, industry, aircraft operators, research organisations, and others to deliver new levels of airspace management performance – improving safety, reducing delays and environmental impact while delivering a more cost-effective operational outcome.
Innovation to enable safer, more efficient operations – Celebrating projects that explore the latest innovations demonstrating how cutting-edge technologies such as digitisation, virtualisation, and artificial intelligence can enhance performance, efficiency, safety, sustainability, and capacity in airspace operations.
Building the lower airspace economy – Acknowledging the work that has been done to prepare lower airspace for safe and efficient new entrant operations (drones, eVTOLs, and personal flying vehicles), including integration with current ATM systems and procedures.
Remarkable people & workforce – Celebrating the contribution that individuals, teams or company programmes have made to the airspace management industry – which could be ensuring the continuance of operations during crises or delivering an improved performance to customers.
Safety, security & resilience – Acknowledging projects which support resilience to disruptions and unforeseen events and maximise operational performance ensuring that both safety and service continuity in extreme circumstances is possible.
Seamless Skies for All – A project or organisation which has delivered a measurable improvement to the optimisation of airspace management performance, supporting airspace users to meet their business and operational goals.
Don’t miss your chance to submit your entry by the 6th of March! Important links below:
- General information – https://globalairspaceradar.com/awards/
- Awards submission form and guidelines – https://globalairspaceradar.com/awards-form/
- Any questions? Contact us – awards@globalairspaceradar.com
The shortlisted finalists will be announced during the month of April and winners/runner-ups will be announced at Airspace World 2026 on the first day of the event. This is the only truly global event that brings the worlds of crewed and uncrewed aviation together to decide an equitable and progressive global airspace.
