Graffiti lives and is being tested by several professional drone users including British Aerospace, UCLAN, and others with specific USP requirements that remain confidential. Think Future Flight!
Graffiti is the internal project name and the drone variant is basically a very small (32 grams) unit that is located on the drone and transmits and receives on 869.5MHz so is both a beacon and is also fed with data from the ATOM GRID Ground stations. When flown in a light aircraft (drones are not permitted to fly high unless in an approved NOTAM'd or danger zone) it has been picked up at 99Kms by the ATOM GRID network just like other PilotAware devices.
This allows drones and their operators to have extensive situational awareness when flying drones professionally both directly and BVLOS in approved trials. The ATOM GRID provides situational information on all EC technologies (FLARM, ADSB, Mode-S/3D) which other single frequency devices just cannot do. This is imperative if the burden of responsibility is on the drone to avoid other airspace users.
The Graffiti project is also spawning other very exciting opportunities when used in concert with the ATOM GRID and its extension!
Rosetta will remain the mainstream product for GA use and feature enhancement such as METARS and AFIS.
Regards
Keith