2017 Recap The Industry Part 107 in full swing Just over 1000000 drones registered as of Jan 2018 First verified collision between small UAS and manned aircraft September 21 st 2017 DJI Phantom 4 and Army Blackhawk helicopter collided near Staten Island New York ID: 717155
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2018 UAS Updates
Jakee Stoltz – Director of OperationsSlide2
2017 RecapSlide3
The Industry
Part 107 in full swing
Just over 1,000,000 drones registered (as of Jan 2018)
First verified collision between small UAS and manned aircraft
September 21
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, 2017DJI Phantom 4 and Army Blackhawk helicopter collided near Staten Island, New YorkPhantom 4 pilot cooperated but found at faultSlide4
The Test Site
11 research projects
459 total flights
Nearly 180 hours of flight time
Lots of linear infrastructure type flying
Very little precision ag
Continued high altitude operations with Hermes 45047 more hoursBecame routineSlide5
What’s coming in 2018?Slide6
The Industry
FAA Initiatives
UAS Integration Pilot Program
Remote ID & Tracking
Advanced Operations
Beyond Visual Line of Sight
Operations over Human BeingsUnmanned Traffic Management Slide7
Test Site Projects
NASA UTM
HUBNet
Hermes 450
Linear Infrastructure Inspections
Grand Sky BVLOSSlide8
NASA UTM
Operations at Camp Grafton North
Late March and Mid April 2018
Testing concepts such as:
Redundant C2 control
Contingency Management
RF Spectrum MappingUREPsMoreNOTAMS and KDVL UNICOMSlide9
Hermes 450 Operations
Expansion of COA
Moving to Casselton Airport (5N8)
Operating above 10,000’ MSL
Roughly 1-2 times a week
Beginning Late April/Early May 2018
NOTAMS, UNICOM at 5N8
What are we learning?
VFR Altitudes
Data management
Integrating UAS at an airportSlide10
HUBNet
Ground infrastructure to support low-altitude, Beyond Visual Line of Sight UAS operations
Initial installation near Buxton, Hillsboro, and Grandin
C2 radios and a radar
Goal is to fly from Thompson to Gardner by Fall 2018
What are we learning?
Technology developmentProcedural How to implement and scaleSlide11
Monitor NOTAMS
Part 107 is not required to file but remains VLOS
Test Site files NOTAMS for all operations
Radio communication
When in the vicinity of airports, we monitor and talk
“Hot Spots”Linear infrastructure
UAS typically 50-150’ above lines, pipes, etcUAS Detect-and-Avoid technology development in full swingStill human in the loop Still primarily eyeballsUAS Safety TipsSlide12
Thank You