Eye In The Sky: Ensuring the Safe Integration of UAS
As the popularity of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) grows, the FAA is moving forward with plans to ensure safe integration of these aircraft in the National Airspace System (NAS). FAA achieved a milestone on June 9, 2010, by signing a cooperative research and development agreement with Insitu, Inc., a Boeing Company subsidiary and provider of unmanned aircraft.
The new partnership will enable further study of how the craft operate and help the industry move closer to a sense-and-avoid solution. For more information on the safe integration of UAS in the NAS, check out the article “Eye in the Sky: Assuring the Safe Operations of UAS” in the May/June 2010 issue of FAA Safety Briefing.
Right on Earl, we already have. DIY antenna pointer. Thing is, time the big boys make one it will cost $2000 or more. Maybe we could have an autonomous random multi flyin at your ranch and show them how its done.;) I have also thought that this could be used at stop signs/intersections for cars. Would save a lot of lives. What are we waiting for?
Well with the ingenuity and talent we have in this hobby, I am sure we could come up with a short range device that would broadcast the drones lat and lon to the internet to be monitored by whomever.We could start a central server (I have space on my high speed servers) to display all drones (hobby) in the air at any given time.
Earl
Hi Jonathan,
suggestion: cite few paragraphs from the article and include a link to the article ( as you did) . Or jua=t copy paste stuff from this post ( and if you do so I'll delete my comment so that there is no duplicates)
"The Federal Aviation Administration has been asked to issue flying rights for a range of pilotless planes to carry out civilian and law-enforcement functions but has been hesitant to act. Officials are worried that they might plow into airliners, cargo planes and corporate jets that zoom around at high altitudes, or helicopters and hot air balloons that fly as low as a few hundred feet off the ground.
...One major concern is the prospect of lost communication between unmanned aircraft and the operators who remotely control them. Another is a lack of firm separation of aircraft at lower altitudes, away from major cities and airports
.... A bill approved by the Senate gives FAA a year to come up with a plan; a House version extends the deadline until Sept. 30, 2013, but directs the transportation secretary to give unmanned aircraft permission to fly before the plan is complete, if that can be done safely.
...Some concerns will be alleviated when the FAA moves from a radar-based air traffic control system to one based on GPS technology. Then, every aircraft will be able to advise controllers and other aircraft of their location continually. However, that's a decade off.
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Eye In The Sky: Ensuring the Safe Integration of UAS
As the popularity of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) grows, the FAA is moving forward with plans to ensure safe integration of these aircraft in the National Airspace System (NAS). FAA achieved a milestone on June 9, 2010, by signing a cooperative research and development agreement with Insitu, Inc., a Boeing Company subsidiary and provider of unmanned aircraft.
The new partnership will enable further study of how the craft operate and help the industry move closer to a sense-and-avoid solution. For more information on the safe integration of UAS in the NAS, check out the article “Eye in the Sky: Assuring the Safe Operations of UAS” in the May/June 2010 issue of FAA Safety Briefing.
Earl
suggestion: cite few paragraphs from the article and include a link to the article ( as you did) . Or jua=t copy paste stuff from this post ( and if you do so I'll delete my comment so that there is no duplicates)
"The Federal Aviation Administration has been asked to issue flying rights for a range of pilotless planes to carry out civilian and law-enforcement functions but has been hesitant to act. Officials are worried that they might plow into airliners, cargo planes and corporate jets that zoom around at high altitudes, or helicopters and hot air balloons that fly as low as a few hundred feet off the ground.
...One major concern is the prospect of lost communication between unmanned aircraft and the operators who remotely control them. Another is a lack of firm separation of aircraft at lower altitudes, away from major cities and airports
.... A bill approved by the Senate gives FAA a year to come up with a plan; a House version extends the deadline until Sept. 30, 2013, but directs the transportation secretary to give unmanned aircraft permission to fly before the plan is complete, if that can be done safely.
...Some concerns will be alleviated when the FAA moves from a radar-based air traffic control system to one based on GPS technology. Then, every aircraft will be able to advise controllers and other aircraft of their location continually. However, that's a decade off.
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