{"id":16393,"date":"2020-09-14T12:18:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T12:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=16393"},"modified":"2020-09-14T12:18:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T12:18:33","slug":"volansi-uav-selected-to-support-site-acceptance-testing-of-north-dakotas-statewide-bvlos-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-dakota\/volansi-uav-selected-to-support-site-acceptance-testing-of-north-dakotas-statewide-bvlos-network\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Volansi UAV Selected to Support Site Acceptance Testing of North Dakota’s Statewide BVLOS Network"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Northern Plains UAS Test Site (NPUASTS) has selected\nVolansi\u2019s VOLY C10 for Site Acceptance Testing and use-case development for\nNorth Dakota\u2019s statewide beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) network. This\naircraft will test installed network components, ensure safety and reliability\nof the network, perform use-case development flights, and help NPUASTS set the\nstandard requirements for any aircraft seeking to fly on the network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nicholas Flom<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve talked about North Dakota\u2019s statewide BVLOS network\nas a turnkey product. Extensive testing and validation of the system during\ndevelopment is part of that,\u201d said Nicholas Flom, executive director of\nNPUASTS. \u201cThe network will be widely accessible to support public and\ncommercial use cases because of this testing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Dakota\u2019s statewide BVLOS network will enable UAS (or\ndrone) BVLOS flights across the state of North Dakota. Three leading aviation\ninfrastructure companies \u2013 Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies Company;\nL3Harris Technologies; and Thales USA \u2013 were selected to work with NPUASTS to\ndevelop and employ the physical infrastructure of this first-of-its-kind\nnetwork. Ensuring the safety and reliability of this network, as it is built\nout, will be essential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hannan Parvizian<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to be a part of this important initiative,\nthe first of its kind in the U.S.,\u201d said Hannan Parvizian, CEO and Co-Founder\nof Volansi. \u201cNot only does this state-driven initiative position North Dakota\nas a leader in BVLOS operations, it also supports the growth of unmanned\naviation by creating a viable model that could be adopted across the country \u2013\nand maybe even the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The VOLY C10 was selected from a pool of highly competitive\nproposals. The selected UAS was expected to allow for integrating different\ntechnologies, such as Command and Control (C2) links or onboard Detect and\nAvoid (DAA). It also would have the ability to support different payloads to\nexercise goals\/objectives of the different use cases. The VOLY C10 met these\nexpectations and provides for FAA advanced approvability in that it is in\nprocess to obtain an FAA durability and reliability type certification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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VOLY C10<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVolansi\u2019s proposal was impressive,\u201d said Jim Cieplak,\nprogram manager of the statewide BVLOS network through the NPUASTS. \u201cWe feel\nconfident that the VOLY C10 will not only meet our needs in testing the\nearliest stages of network deployment but will support the integration of new\ntechnology as the project evolves.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Northern Plains UAS Test Site (NPUASTS) has selected Volansi\u2019s VOLY C10 for Site Acceptance Testing and use-case development for North Dakota\u2019s statewide beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) network. This aircraft will test installed network components, ensure safety and reliability of the network, perform use-case development flights, and help NPUASTS set the standard requirements […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,54,127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page-slider","category-north-dakota","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/VOLY-C10_Taking-Off-at-Construction-Site_from-Project-Superstar_4-2019edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16393","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=16393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16398,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16393\/revisions\/16398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}