{"id":26597,"date":"2023-09-10T14:37:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T14:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=26597"},"modified":"2023-09-10T14:37:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T14:37:54","slug":"faa-approval-allows-uavionix-to-conduct-bvlos-drone-flights-in-north-dakota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-dakota\/faa-approval-allows-uavionix-to-conduct-bvlos-drone-flights-in-north-dakota\/%20","title":{"rendered":"FAA Approval Allows uAvionix to Conduct BVLOS Drone Flights in North Dakota"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an approval\nto uAvionix, an avionics company specializing in drones, that enables them to\nconduct beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone flights using Vantis, North\nDakota\u2019s first-of-its-kind UAS system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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uAvionix, with support from the Northern Plains UAS Test\nSite, demonstrated to the FAA that it established adequate risk mitigations to\nsatisfy required safety standards for the specified BVLOS operation within the\nnational airspace system (NAS). This is a precedent-setting approval as the FAA\ndetermined that the Vantis system meets the applicable requirements of industry\nconsensus standards, or an alternative set of requirements that ensure safe\nintegration of routine BVLOS unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations in the\nNAS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Today’s precedent-setting exemption approval marks a\nmonumental milestone for Vantis, solidifying North Dakota’s unwavering\nleadership in aviation and UAS innovation,\u201d said Trevor Woods, Executive\nDirector of the Northern Plains UAS Test Site. \u201cIt’s not just a step forward;\nit’s a significant advance in the evolution of UAS policy, redefining what’s\npossible in the skies of tomorrow.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This approval provides for repeatability \u2013 an exemption,\nwhich is technically rulemaking, that can be referenced for future approvals in\na much faster manner. More importantly it goes beyond the original applicant,\nworking for the whole industry. With this exemption approval, the process is\nsmoother for demonstrably safe BVLOS operations, especially in North Dakota,\nwhere the infrastructure can be leveraged for repeatable operations. The same,\nor similar infrastructure can be used in other geographies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Dakota leads the way in bringing UAS to commercial\nsectors safely and economically with Vantis. This success adds to the\nfoundation that Vantis has set for the next phase of operation as the state\ncontinues to lead the way for autonomy and automation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Northern Plains UAS Test Site, administering Vantis for\nthe state of North Dakota, partnered with Thales USA to develop and implement\nthe UAS system. It allows pilots to command-and-control BVLOS UAS and remain\nwell clear of other aircraft. Vantis consists of ground-based aviation\ninfrastructure, like that used in traditional aviation, which significantly\nlowers the barrier of entry to BVLOS flights for multiple users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe thank the Federal Aviation Administration for\nacknowledging that our approach to BVLOS in North Dakota maintains the same\nsafety standards that the agency expects for all users within the national\nairspace,\u201d said Frank Matus, Director of ATC and Digital Aviation Solutions for\nthe Americas at Thales USA, the state\u2019s infrastructure partner for Vantis. \u201cWe\ncontinue to collaborate with FAA as regulations evolve to ensure that Vantis\nmeets the needs of all stakeholders.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an approval to uAvionix, an avionics company specializing in drones, that enables them to conduct beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone flights using Vantis, North Dakota\u2019s first-of-its-kind UAS system. uAvionix, with support from the Northern Plains UAS Test Site, demonstrated to the FAA that it established adequate risk […]<\/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":[54,127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-dakota","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26597","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=26597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26599,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26597\/revisions\/26599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}