The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)\nrecently announced that Deseret UAS and its partner, the Nevada Institute for\nAutonomous Systems (NIAS) have been awarded the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)\nTraffic Management (UTM) Technical Capabilities Level (TLC) 4 program. Through\nNASA\u2019s TCL-4, the partners will demonstrate the capability to safely fly multiple\nUnmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) (i.e.- drones) in an urban environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition, United States Department of Transportation\n(USDOT) Secretary Elaine Chao announced that Deseret UAS and NIAS have also\nbeen awarded the USDOT\/Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) UAS UTM Pilot\nProgram (UPP). The UPP is a milestone pilot program to safely integrate drones\ninto the National Airspace System (NAS) while creating a shared information\nnetwork that can be used for future federal rule-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These watershed programs position Deseret UAS as a global\nleader in Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and signal a major development in the\nadvancement of the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) industry. Deseret UAS and NIAS will\ndemonstrate the ability to fly UAVs beyond the operator\u2019s line of sight over a\nhigh-density, urban environment and how to integrate those unmanned aircraft\noperations safely into the (NAS). Both programs require the team to overcome\nobstacles, including variable urban weather patterns and buildings that obstruct\nGlobal Positioning System (GPS) signals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe significance of this moment cannot be overstated,\u201d said\nDeseret UAS Board Chair Shawn Milne. \u201cWe are at an inflection point in the\nhistory of human transportation. Deseret UAS is helping to lead the way in developing\nthe capabilities necessary to revolutionize mobility. The NASA TLC-4 and FAA\nUPP programs will allow us to showcase Utah\u2019s unparalleled technical\nexpertise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deseret UAS\u2019 technical team is comprised of Utah State\nUniversity\u2019s AggieAir and Utah-based company, Fortem Technologies. AggieAir\u2019s\nhighly-skilled researchers have pioneered UAS industry innovations for more\nthan a decade. AggieAir\u2019s aircraft, both the BluJay fixed wing and multi-rotor\nare two of only fourteen aircraft selected for the test scenarios from the\nhundreds of potential aircraft submitted by other applicants. \u201cAggieAir will\ncontinue to make history through these groundbreaking projects,\u201d said AggieAir\nDirector Dr. Cal Coopmans. \u201cWe pride ourselves on our ability to apply cutting-edge\nresearch in a real-world environment that has direct, tangible benefits to\nsociety.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fortem Technologies will provide radar capabilities for both\nprograms to track the UAVs while in flight. Fortem\u2019s AI-enabled SkyDome\nsoftware and TrueView radar digitize airspace, making it possible to ensure\nsafe urban corridors and to protect infrastructure, venues, borders and cities\nagainst rogue drones. This digitization is the platform needed to make drone\npackage delivery and the safe transport of people a reality. \u201cNASA TCL- 4\nobjectives are only achievable if every cubic kilometer of urban airspace is\nvisible and proven safe and secure for people flying beyond visual line of\nsight,\u201d said Fortem CEO Timothy Bean. \u201cFortem Technologies makes this possible\nby digitizing the airspace so that cooperative and non-cooperative drone\ntraffic can be differentiated, assessed for threats, and certified for public\nsafety.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Reno, Nevada is currently the site for both the NASA\nTCL-4 and FAA UPP programs, Deseret UAS plans to conduct a similar\ndemonstration this spring in Ogden, Utah. \u201cUtah has always been at the\nforefront of technical innovations that improve our residents\u2019 lives and the\nstate\u2019s investment in Deseret UAS is evidence of that,\u201d said Ginger Chinn,\nmanaging director of Urban and Rural Business Services for the Utah\u2019s\nGovernor\u2019s Office of Economic Development. \u201cWe whole-heartedly embrace unmanned\naircraft technologies and are proactively developing a plan to build the aerial\ninfrastructure needed for these innovations to flourish.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently announced that Deseret UAS and its partner, the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS) have been awarded the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) Technical Capabilities Level (TLC) 4 program. Through NASA\u2019s TCL-4, the partners will demonstrate the capability to safely fly multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12043,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12042\/revisions\/12043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}