The document summarizes the outcomes of the inaugural Unified Traffic Management Roundtable held in Canberra on August 28, 2019. The roundtable brought together operators of unmanned aerial vehicles and rockets to discuss low altitude traffic management. Participants reached a consensus on five high-level principles for an Australian UTM policy, including prioritizing an integrated airspace framework for all current and future users, and leading Asia Pacific in developing the UTM framework through collaboration among government agencies and regulators. The organizers thanked participants for their contributions and look forward to further progressing these views.

1. OUTCOMES & PRINCIPLES – INAUGURAL UNIFIED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ROUNDTABLE
(IUTMR)
28 August 2019, Canberra
Dear Valued UTM Roundtable Participants, and Observers
On behalf of all the organisers and hosts of the inaugural UTM Roundtable held in Canberra on
28 August 2019, we would sincerely like to thank you for your participation and valued
contributions to the productive discussion.
What made this particular forum unique was the inclusiveness of all of the most likely operators
of unmanned aerial vehicles and rockets. The discussions certainly opened up the importance of
space and hypersonic vehicle launch and re-entry activities and their specific impact on a low
altitude traffic management ecosystem.
As part of the 'unified outputs' of the roundtable, consensus was reached on five high level
principles that capture the essence of what an Australian UTM policy should look like that may
be of assistance to the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development in its mandate
to develop a national policy on RPAS.
We would like to thank you for your joint contributions to the unified policy principles that
were discussed and tabled below which we believe capture the breadth of agreement.
1. The Australian Government should:
a. prioritise a policy framework for integrated airspace that encompasses all
present and future users, ie aviation, RPAS and space (hereafter “Unified Traffic
Management”, or “UTM”); and
b. should do so in recognition of the multitude of applications and increased
efficiencies this would support for Australia’s community and social interests, as
well as business.
2. The Australian Government through the Department of Infrastructure, Cites, Transport
and Regional Development should devote sufficient resources to allow the
necessary close consultation among federal agencies, industry, and state and local
governments, to develop the blueprint for staged implementation of such a framework
noting the existing Government Policy Objectives set out in respect of RPAS and very high
altitude aircraft in the Australian Airspace Policy Statement and the need to incorporate
the relevant needs of the space industry into such planning.
3. Australia should lead the Asia Pacific region in developing its UTM framework and this
will be achieved through clear and better collaboration among government agencies,
including a multi-remit and dynamic type of regulatory oversight (i.e., not just safety-
centric), with clear recognition of community and social interests that the system will be
designed to cater for.
We thank you for your contribution and look forward to progressing our views in subsequent
fora.
Co-conveners
Joe Urli (ACUO); Tom McRobert (Civil Air); Marcus Diamond (AFAP); Joseph Wheeler (AFAP and IALPG)