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FAA Announces Virginia Tech UAS Test Site Now Operational
2014-08-13 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
As announced by FAA, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) test site program is ready to conduct research vital to integrating UAS into this nation's airspace. This was last of 6 nationwide sites to be declared operational. Marking this event, demonstration was given of Smart Road Flyer multi-rotor UAS. Flyer filmed simulated accident scene on smart road full-scale test-bed highway managed by Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
FAA Announces New York UAS Test Site Now Operational
2014-08-07 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
FAA announced that Griffiss International Airport unmanned aircraft systems test site in Rome, NY is ready to conduct research vital to integrating UAS into national airspace system. Research will also evaluate methods for scouting agricultural fields using different types of sensors, which will benefit farmers regionally and nationally. Specific UAS projects include detection of insects, weeds, diseases, crop characteristics, crop biomass, and background soil characteristics in 2 farm ...This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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FAA Announces Texas UAS Test Site Now Operational
2014-06-20 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Federal Aviation Administration announced that the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi unmanned aircraft systems test site is ready to conduct research vital to integrating UAS into nation's airspace. Research will concentrate on multiple areas including safety of operations and data gathering in authorized airspace, UAS airworthiness standards, command and control link technologies, human-factors issue for UAS control-station layout, and detect-and-avoid technologies. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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FAA Announces Nevada UAS Test Site Now Operational
2014-06-09 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
State of Nevada's unmanned aircraft systems test site is ready to conduct research vital to integrating UAS into nation's airspace. Nevada’s research will concentrate on UAS standards and operations as well as operator standards and certification requirements. Site’s activities will also look at how air traffic control procedures will evolve with introduction of UAS into civil environment and how these aircraft will integrate with NextGen, the modernization of the national airspace ...This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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FAA Announces Alaska UAS Test Site Begins Research Flights
2014-05-05 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
FAA announced that the University of Alaska's unmanned aircraft system test site is the second of 6 to become operational. Agency has granted the University of Alaska Fairbanks a Certificate of Waiver or Authorization allowing flights by Aeryon Scout small UAS for animal surveys at its Pan-Pacific UAS Test Range Complex in Fairbanks. Main purpose of operation is to show how UAS can accurately locate, identify, and count large wild animals for survey operations requested by state of Alaska. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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