{"id":35843,"date":"2026-07-06T14:18:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=35843"},"modified":"2026-07-06T14:18:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:18:03","slug":"vantis-capabilities-unlocked-for-traffic-management-and-bvlos-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-dakota\/vantis-capabilities-unlocked-for-traffic-management-and-bvlos-flights\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Vantis Capabilities Unlocked for Traffic Management and BVLOS Flights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Northern Plains UAS Test Site is unlocking the unique capabilities of Vantis<\/a> to operators for no cost, offering the ability to fly Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS), beginning July 1, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n

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With this, operators will get Application Programming Interface (API) access and onboarded on the statewide UAS system at no cost, allowing initial flights on North Dakota\u2019s unique statewide BVLOS infrastructure, along with access to Northern Plains UAS Test Site personnel and expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“At least for the next year, the system is available for users to accelerate their ability to utilize advanced UAS capabilities, which are forthcoming with FAA rulemaking,” said Trevor Woods, NPUASTS Executive Director. “The Vantis system today will help pre-lead the exercising of operators and aircraft to implement solutions for their use cases, such as agriculture, bridge inspections and medical services. The BVLOS infrastructure is in place \u2013 this is a unique opportunity to use it and take the next step in their operations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With early summer in North Dakota upon us, this timing allows UAS to take advantage of the state\u2019s ideal flying season immediately, as well as winter and spring flight scenarios leading into 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NPUASTS will be working with industry partner, Thales, to onboard operators on Vantis \u2013 teaching them how to use the system and giving them API applications to fly successful missions using National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)-compliant aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cThales and Vantis are advancing the FAA\u2019s vision for safe integration of UAS into the National Airspace System,\u201d said Susan Gallagher, Director of ATC, U.S. Sector, at Thales North America. \u201cTogether, we\u2019re empowering operators to fly beyond the visual line of sight, unlocking critical access for emergency response and medical delivery and accelerating the future of aviation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other advantages include access to the NPUASTS’ Section 44803 approvals in the Vantis coverage areas, allowing partners to fly aircraft up to 1,320 pounds and at altitudes up to 17,999 feet mean sea level (msl) depending on location, greatly opening up possibilities and missions. \u201cNorth Dakota UAS has been an \u2018overnight success\u2019 for more than 20 years in the making. We have already engaged with other states and governmental agencies looking to set up similar systems in their areas,\u201d Woods said. \u201cTo them we say, use what we\u2019ve learned and have perfected in North Dakota to expand BVLOS flight everywhere. It\u2019s time to achieve our UAS goals.\u201d   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Northern Plains UAS Test Site is unlocking the unique capabilities of Vantis to operators for no cost, offering the ability to fly Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS), beginning July 1, 2026. With this, operators will get Application Programming Interface (API) access and onboarded on the statewide UAS system at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35843","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\/35843","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=35843"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35846,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35843\/revisions\/35846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}