FAA Begins New Phase of Testing to Safely Integrate Drones into the National Airspace (NAS)

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will begin field-testing new drone-traffic-management capabilities to further integrate these aircraft into the National Airspace System.  

The Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) Field Test, which will start in the spring of 2022, will allow the government and the drone community to continue improving standards, data-exchange methods and cybersecurity capabilities.  

UTM includes a set of services that are complementary to, but separate from, Air Traffic Management services for manned aircraft. It is targeted toward small unmanned aircraft operations in airspace, generally flying below 400 feet, and builds on current rules and capabilities that enable airspace access and authorization.

The test outcomes will provide the FAA with critical information to support the development of new policies and for industry development of updated standards to allow drones to routinely fly beyond visual line of sight of the operators.

The FAA and its industry partners will conduct multiple drone flights in realistic test scenarios to learn more about how to manage drone traffic in varying environments. The flight tests will examine how the latest capabilities and standards will work to support the operations in the real world.

Airspace Link Partners with the City of Arlington, Texas

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DHS Awards More than $1 Million for UAS R&D Project at UND

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Verizon Response Team drone piloting program takes off

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DLRG KONSTANZ RESCUES 13-YEAR-OLD BOY WITH DRONE AND RESTUBE

 

WHEN A TEENAGER FALLS INTO DISTRESS WHILE SWIMMING, DLRG KONSTANZ CHAIRMAN CLEMENS MENGE USES A DRONE TO DEPLOY A RESTUBE AUTOMATIC

Again and again swimmers get into dangerous situations. DLRG Konstanz relies on a new technology and has been using a drone equipped with Restube automatic for several weeks to rescue people. Restube automatic is a buoy that inflates itself within seconds when it comes into contact with water.

Last week, an exhausted young person was rescued from a dangerous situation in Lake Constance with the water rescue drone. The 13-year-old and two friends were on their way back from a raft to the shore when he ran out of strength while swimming in 16-degree cold water halfway along the way. When the boy signaled this, Clemens Menge from the DLRG Konstanz immediately flew the drone with the self-inflating buoy in the direction of the swimmers and dropped the Restube automatic over it. The exhausted youngsters could hold on to the buoy and swim back to the shore.

“Thanks to Restube automatic, which automatically triggers on contact with water, the situation could be defused immediately, so that it was no longer necessary to deploy our lifeguards”, said Clemens Menge, Chairman of the DLRG Konstanz.

319th Reconnaissance Wing to field E-11 mission at Robins @UASMagazine

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DroneUp Selected to FAA’s BVLOS ARC to Advance Drone Operations

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