The Kansas Department of Transportation announced the\naddition of UPS Flight Forward (UPSFF), Vigilent and Lemasters Group Consulting\nServices as the newest members of the Kansas Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)\nIntegration Pilot Program (IPP) during Aviation Day at the Capitol on March 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUPS Flight Forward has a very positive relationship with\nKDOT Aviation, and we look forward to contributing decades of flight risk\nmanagement expertise toward achieving their strategic objectives. We also believe Kansas\u2019 culture of innovation\nis fertile ground for fresh growth in the aviation industry that will advance\nour vision for future UAS delivery solutions,\u201d said Myron Wright, President of\nUPS Flight Forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UPSFF, Vigilent and Lemasters Group\u2019s new ventures in Kansas\nwill join a population of over 700 Kansas companies that produce $20.6 billion\nstate economic impact from aviation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are thrilled to have KDOT\u2019s Aviation program work\ntogether with these industry-leading organizations and consider these new\npartnerships key to unlocking the potential of UAS in way that ensures flight\nsafety and protects personal privacy,\u201d said Kansas Secretary Julie Lorenz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Kansas UAS IPP team has achieved a number of firsts in\naviation – the first UAS inspection of an international airport, the first\nstatewide unmanned traffic management system and the first UAS flight\nbeyond-line-of-sight without ground radar, among others. KDOT Aviation leads this effort and\nrepresents 34 industry, university and state agency partners working together\nto advance economic development through transportation technologies that either\nmake money, save money or save lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Kansas Department of Transportation announced the addition of UPS Flight Forward (UPSFF), Vigilent and Lemasters Group Consulting Services as the newest members of the Kansas Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program (IPP) during Aviation Day at the Capitol on March 12. \u201cUPS Flight Forward has a very positive relationship with KDOT Aviation, and […]<\/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":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kansas"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15049","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=15049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15050,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15049\/revisions\/15050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}