{"id":8814,"date":"2017-05-11T17:53:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T17:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=8814"},"modified":"2017-05-11T19:07:20","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T19:07:20","slug":"kdot-team-unites-with-strategic-partners-at-auvsi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/kansas\/kdot-team-unites-with-strategic-partners-at-auvsi\/%20","title":{"rendered":"KDOT Team Unites with Strategic Partners at AUVSI"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FAA administrator Michael Huerta, center, visits with Kansas Aviation Director, Merrill Atwater, left and Bob Brock, Kansas Director of UAS. Photo by Lindsey Dreiling<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) Division of Aviation visited Dallas, TX this week for the largest gathering of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) industry leaders in the world at the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International\u2019s (AUVSI\u2019s) Xponential 2017.\u00c2\u00a0 Over 7000 industry professionals and 850 exhibitors unite to participate in a 3 day workshop and exhibition.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a great opportunity to showcase Kansas as a leader in UAS, continue the growth of this segment and foster strong relationships in UAS,\u201d said KDOT Director of Aviation, Merrill Atwater.<\/p>\n

\u201cXponential allows us to highlight the outstanding talent and expertise we have in Kansas. There\u2019s an obvious reason we are called the \u2018Air Capital of the World,\u2019\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

KDOT Director of UAS, Bob Brock stated, \u201cXponential is an ideal venue for established aviation leaders from Kansas to meet the UAS industry and continue our rich history in aviation.<\/p>\n

Kansas is building on its established leadership in aviation, working in conjunction with in-state partners to promote the UAS industry, including:<\/p>\n

Kansas Department of Agriculture<\/p>\n

Kansas Department of Commerce<\/p>\n

Kansas State University<\/p>\n

Greater Wichita Partnership<\/p>\n

Salina Community Economic Development Office<\/p>\n

University of Kansas<\/p>\n

Kansas Aviation activity accounts for $20.6 billion in economic impact. Over 700 aerospace and aviation companies live and work together in the Sunflower State. Ninety-two percent (92%) of Kansas airports support flight training and over 60% have aviation outreach programs. Aviation activity supports over 91,000 high-paying jobs in the state.<\/p>\n

More than 18 years of active UAS research \u2013 including one of the first UAS Bachelor\u2019s degrees in the country \u2013 add to Kansas\u2019s industry leadership. The state\u2019s rich aviation history is built on a century of aircraft production. Over 73% of the world\u2019s general aviation fleet is manufactured in Kansas. (Pictured above at the Kansas booth are from left, Halee Lindstrom, Bob Brock, Merrill Atwater, Lindsey Dreiling, and Greg Chenoweth).<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) Division of Aviation visited Dallas, TX this week for the largest gathering of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) industry leaders in the world at the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International\u2019s (AUVSI\u2019s) Xponential 2017.\u00c2\u00a0 Over 7000 industry professionals and 850 exhibitors unite to participate in a 3 day workshop and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8816,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,40,127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page-slider","category-kansas","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kansas-team.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8814","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=8814"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8824,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8814\/revisions\/8824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}