Israel’s next phase of the National Drone Initiative — INDI3 — marks a transition from controlled demonstrations to continuous, real-world, commercial-grade drone operations. At the center of this shift stands Airwayz, selected to orchestrate and
manage the majority of the operational, technological and multi-operator activities across the country.
Backed by a national investment of 17 million NIS, INDI3 will deploy drone operations across multiple regions simultaneously, integrating municipalities, logistics providers, emergency services, and advanced AI-based technology layers. Airwayz’s Dynamic UTM serves as the core infrastructure enabling this unprecedented scale.
Airwayz as the Central Orchestrator of INDI3
Airwayz will manage and synchronize a wide portfolio of drone services spanning urban, logistical and maritime environments, including collaborations with:
Propeller Drones, FlightOps, Desert Bird, Mislocha, Benedict, Brook Aviation, Tip&Cue and several municipal authorities.
Through its AI-driven UTM, Airwayz will coordinate:
- Municipal, security and emergency operations across Kfar Saba, Raanana, Herzliya under HaSharon U-Spaceת (FlightOps.io, Propeller Drones) and Rosh Ha’aAin Municipality (Kronomy)
- Logistics corridors for commercial deliveries (Mislocha, Benedict)
- Manned-Unmanned coexistence advancements (Brook Aviation)
- Detection of non-cooperative drones (Desert Bird)
- Urban food-delivery pilots in Tel Aviv’s Park HaYarkon
- GPS-denied and communication-interference scenarios (Tip&Cue)
Each of these programs will operate concurrently — a scale achievable only through Airwayz’s multi-operator airspace management capabilities.
A National Milestone for Commercial Drone Ecosystems
Unlike previous phases or typical pilot programs focused on predefined drone routes, INDI3 introduces a fully dynamic, ad-hoc operational model — where drones from multiple operators are dispatched on demand, across varying environments, and must be safely coordinated in real time through Airwayz’s UTM.
This represents the first national effort to simulate true commercialization: dynamic missions, real operators, real environments and real-time inter-operator coordination across a wide deployment footprint.
Israel Innovation Authority CEO, Dror Bin, emphasized the significance of this shift:
“We are entering a stage that brings Israel closer to the next generation of air transportation and aerial services. This is a phase in which industry and government learn together how a managed and safe airspace will operate, and how companies integrate into the infrastructure through a continuous, controlled process. We see significant potential in applications such as early wildfire detection, safety monitoring on construction sites, protection of critical facilities, real-time traffic oversight and advanced logistics that shorten delivery times and improve efficiency. All of this is enabled by advanced technological infrastructure and supportive regulation. Until now we conducted demonstrations — now we are practicing full-scale work that simulates continuous operations. This prepares the ground for real deployment and teaches us how to integrate the infrastructure with private companies, hospitals and municipalities to create a new airspace for Israel.”
Minister of Transport Miri Regev added:
“This step forward in the National Drone Initiative reinforces Israel’s leading position at the forefront of technological, operational and regulatory development.”
Airwayz: The Operational Backbone of INDI3
In practice, Airwayz is the system that operationalizes INDI3: it enables AI-powered anomaly detection, real-time deconfliction, tactical airspace allocation and the orchestration of all multi-operator missions nationwide.
This capability — unique in Israel and rare globally — is what transforms INDI3 from a technological demonstration into an operational, scalable national ecosystem.
Scaling the Future of Airspace
With deployments already active in Israel and internationally — including the Port of Rotterdam — Airwayz is positioned as the prime enabler of Israel’s commercial drone market. INDI3 will demonstrate, at national scale, how a managed, AI-driven drone ecosystem can operate safely, efficiently and commercially — and Airwayz will be conducting and coordinating the majority of these activities.
