{"id":19574,"date":"2021-10-04T19:09:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T19:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=19574"},"modified":"2021-10-04T19:12:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T19:12:17","slug":"faa-awards-2-8-million-in-drone-research-grants-to-five-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/unmanned-systems\/faa-awards-2-8-million-in-drone-research-grants-to-five-universities\/%20","title":{"rendered":"FAA Awards $2.8 Million in Drone Research Grants to Five Universities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Federal Aviation\nAdministration (FAA) today announced $2.8 million in drone research, education\nand training grants to five universities. Research will focus on three areas:\nAdvanced material, right-of-way rules, and flight data recorder requirements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The universities receiving grants are Mississippi State\nUniversity, Wichita State University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the\nUniversity of Kansas and the University of North Dakota.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis funding and our ongoing partnerships with these\nuniversities will allow the FAA to safely integrate the airspace that has a\ngrowing number of diverse aircraft users,\u201d said FAA Administrator Steve\nDickson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The grant awardees are summarized as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conduct Advanced Materials Investigation &#8211; Composite\nMaterial Analysis for Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This research aims to identify, assess, and understand the types of composites and other advanced materials used in drones and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/uas\/advanced_operations\/urban_air_mobility\/\">Advanced Air Mobility<\/a>. These activities will be critical for developing standards and regulations to use these advanced materials in aircraft.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Mississippi State University:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $157,000 <\/li><li>Wichita State University:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$161,958 <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Propose Right-of-Way Rules for UAS Operations and Safety\nRecommendations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right-of-way rules keep aircraft safely separated. This research will explore right-of-way rules for a wide variety of drone operations. It will provide safety-based recommendations for the FAA and drone industry standards organizations to consider in establishing drone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/uas\/research_development\/\">detect-and-avoid<\/a> requirements.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $330,000 <\/li><li>University of Kansas:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;      &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $494,525 <\/li><li>University of North Dakota:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;   &nbsp; $569,242 <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Identify Flight Recorder Requirements for UAS Integration\ninto the NAS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flight recorders can provide valuable data when drone\nincidents occur. This research will explore flight-recorder requirements for\ndrones, including remotely piloted advance air mobility aircraft. The\nuniversities will share the findings with the European Organization for Civil\nAviation Equipment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $298,145 <\/li><li>Wichita State University:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $400,000 <\/li><li>University of North Dakota:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $390,945&nbsp; <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s announcement is the third round of Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.assureuas.org\/\">ASSURE<\/a>) grants, which brings the total of 57 grants valued at $19.1 million for Fiscal Year 2021. The ASSURE Center of Excellence is one of six that the agency has established to help advance technology and educate the next generation of aviation professionals. Research conducted through ASSURE is focused on helping the drone market safely grow and integrate into the nation\u2019s airspace.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;More than 800,000\nrecreational and commercial drones are in the active drone fleet, and that\nnumber is expected to grow.&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced $2.8 million in drone research, education and training grants to five universities. Research will focus on three areas: Advanced material, right-of-way rules, and flight data recorder requirements. The universities receiving grants are Mississippi State University, Wichita State University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the University of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19575,"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-19574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/FAA-Facilities-4.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19574","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=19574"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19579,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19574\/revisions\/19579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}