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NASA UAS UpdateLast year may prove to be a pivotal year for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) arena, especially in relation to routine UAS access to airspace as NASA accepted an invitation to join the UAS Executive Committee (UAS ExCom). The UAS ExCom is a multi-agency, Federal executive-level committee comprised of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and NASA with the goals to: 1) Coordinate and align efforts between key Federal Government agencies to achieve routine safe federal public UAS operations in the National Airspace System (NAS); 2) Coordinate and prioritize technical, procedural, regulatory, and policy solutions needed to deliver incremental capabilities; 3) Develop a plan to accommodate the larger stakeholder community at the appropriate time; and 4) Resolve conflicts between Federal Government agencies (FAA, DoD, DHS, and NASA), related to the above goals. The committee was formed in recognition of the need of UAS operated by these agencies to access to the National Airspace System (NAS) to support operational, training, development and research requirements. In order to meet that need, technical, procedural, regulatory, and policy solutions are required to deliver incremental capabilities leading to routine access. The formation of the UAS ExCom is significant in that it represents a tangible commitment by FAA senior leadership to address the UAS access challenge. While the focus of the ExCom is government owned and operated UAS, civil UAS operations are bound to benefit by the progress made in achieving routine access for government UAS. As the UAS ExCom was forming, NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate began to show renewed interest in UAS, particularly in relation to the future state of the air transportation system under the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). NASA made funding from the American Recovery and Revitalization Act available in order to continue addressing the issue of routine civil UAS access.
Document ID
20100036834
Acquisition Source
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Bauer, Jeffrey Ervin
(NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Edwards, CA, United States)
Mulac, Brenda Lynn
(NASA Wallops Flight Center Wallops Island, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
April 16, 2010
Subject Category
Air Transportation And Safety
Report/Patent Number
DFRC-E-DAA-TN1555
Meeting Information
Meeting: UAS 2010 Conference and Exhibition
Location: Paris
Country: France
Start Date: April 16, 2010
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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