Overview

The Unified Drone Airspace Interface (UDAI) is digital public infrastructure for low-altitude airspace in India. It is a shared registry and management system for controlled unmanned aerial operations: identity, organisations, assets, missions, permissions, and Airspace Zones.

Developed by Drone Federation India (DFI). Hosted by Airports Authority of India (AAI).

What this section covers

Page	Purpose
Concept and Principles	Registry model, objectives, and DPI principles
Architecture	Three-layer operating model and platform components
Governance	Institutional roles, change control, and participation
Standards and Interoperability	Protocol, schema, and security expectations for integrators
Use Cases	Stakeholder capabilities built on the shared substrate

Start integrating

Step	Page
Quick path to first API calls	Integration Kit
Sandbox host	Sandbox
Full surface map	API Overview

API hosts

Environment	Base URL
Sandbox	`https://sandbox-api.udai.live/v1`
Staging	`https://staging-api.udai.live/v1`
Production	`https://api.udai.live/v1`

Product overview is on the UDAI site .