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NC UAS Program Overview
Kyle SnyderNextGen Air Transportation Program Director
“NextGen” Unmanned Aircraft Systems• Pilot• Observer• Aircraft• Payload/sensor/camera(s)• Ground station/equipment• Communications• Not model aircraft• Part of “NextGen”
• Satellite Based Navigation and Surveillance
• Digital Data Exchange• Automation Assisted Air Traffic
Management• Probabilistic Weather Decision
Tools• Equivalent Visual Operations• Prognostic Safety Systems• Reduced Aircraft Environmental
Footprint
UAS “Approved” Operations Summary
Today
• Limited Operations• Certificates of Authorization (COAs): public agencies• Section 333 Exemptions- private/commercial • Special/Restricted Airworthiness Certificates
• Hobbyists
Not-so-Distant
• Line of Sight Operations• Part 107 Commercial Rule for Small UAS Operations• Agency operations
• Limited Operations• COAs: public agencies
• Hobbyists
Future Operations
• Part 107 LOS Operations• Limited Beyond-LOS Operations• NextGen integrated airspace
NGAT UAS Operations: Today
• 15 active Certificates of Authorization (COAs)– 11 Aircraft– 6 locations
• Flight summary– At least one flight day/week– 260+ flights– ~70 hours of flight time
• Research:– Airspace integration – Agriculture – Surveying
NGAT UAS Operations: Goal March 2016• COAs
– 20 Aircraft– 25+ locations, including NCDA
research stations
• Section 333 exemptions• Flight summary
– At least two flight days/week– 350+ flights– ~150 hours of flight time
• Research:– ASSURE- C2, Airspace
Integration, Human Factors– Missions- Ag, Surveying– Public Safety- EM, DOT
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NGAT UAS In Action
NGAT-Trimble Partnership
3 cm Corn
Sensor: BGR
Altitude: 350 ft
Location: Butner
Contact:
Kyle SnyderNGAT Program Director919-515-8623 (office)
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