Unmanned vehicle management systems and methods

A method for managing the operation of a vehicle performed by a vehicle management system comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the method, the method comprising:

• receiving a control request to operate the vehicle within a policy managed location, the control request comprising a first digital signature associated with the vehicle;
• generating, based on the control request, an authentication request, the authentication request comprising the first digital signature and an indication of the policy managed location;
• transmitting the authentication request to a trusted service;
• receiving an authentication response from the trusted service, the authentication response comprising a first policy associated with the policy managed location;
• generating a control signal based on the first policy associated with the policy managed location;
• and
• issuing the control signal to at least one subsystem of the vehicle.