NC UAS Program

Status

April 2015

Kyle Snyder

NextGen Air Transportation Program

Director

NGAT Program: Introduction• Core Leadership:

– NC State University, ITRE

– NCDOT- Division of Aviation

– State CIO

• Staff

– Program Director- Kyle Snyder

– Flight Operations Manager- Tom Zajkowski

– Programs Manager- Jon Gorman

– Program Support Specialist- Tanisha Wyatt

– Research Engineer: Fred Livingston

– Airspace Consultant- Randy Breedlove

– Research students- Darshan Divakaran, Charles

West, Dawson Stott, Evan Arnold, Robert Walls,

Maddie Lawson, Noah Johnson

NGAT UAS Operations: Today

• 16 active Certificates of Authorization (COAs)

– 11 Aircraft

– 6 locations

• Flight summary

– Started 3/21/2013

– At least one flight day/week

– 300+ flights

– ~100 hours of flight time

• Research:

– Airspace integration

– Agriculture

– Surveying

NGAT Membership Status• NGAT Consortium at NC State University- a consortium of academia,

industry, and government agencies created to provide a research and

application–oriented, technology transfer-focused organization for

conducting technology development, investigations, and field trials

• Executed Memberships

– Full: Cresco Ag, Precision Hawk

– Associate: none

– Affiliate: Brooks Pierce Law

• Benefits

– Access to flight test facilities

– Access to services

• Consulting

• Flight operations support

– Enrollment into SMARTeam program (under construction)

– Development of the modern NC aviation community

• First Annual Meeting- September 2015

NGAT UAS In Action

NGAT UAS Operations: Goal April 2016• COAs

– 20 Aircraft

– Broad-area operations, including NCDA research

stations

• SMARTeams

– Training

– Research

– Services

• Flight summary

– At least two flight days/week

– 350+ flights

– ~200 hours of flight time

• Research:

– ASSURE- C2, Airspace Integration, Human Factors

– Missions- Ag, Surveying, Remote Sensing

– Public Safety- EM, DOT

7

8

9

SMARTeams

• SMall Aircraft

Response/Research

Teams – 1 Operator

– 1 Observer

– 1 Data Analyst

– Fixed wing aircraft (2)

– Rotorcraft (1 or 2)

– 1 Flight Manager Field license*

– 1 Mission Caster box and license*

– 1 Mobile Command Vehicle

– Misc equipment

– Travel

– Annual NGAT Admin fee

SMART Development Plan

• Phase 0- Coordination

– Identify initial missions

– Identify initial locations

– Identify flight crew

– Identify equipment needs

• Phase 1- Preparation

– Train/permit SMARTeam to

NCDOT/NGAT law/standard

– Equipment acquisition

– Flight location development- Site SOP

development, FAA approval, onsite

training

• Phase 2- Deployment

– Conduct approved operations

– Reporting

UAS in NC• Interest

– Agencies

• State

– NCEM, NC Zoo, NCDA,

NCDOT, Museums, LEA’s/SBI,

DENR

• Local

– Law enforcement

– Utilities

– Economic development

– Universities

• NCSU, UNC-W, NC A&T, ECU,

ECSU, Appalachian State, UNC-

Charlotte, UNC-Greensboro

• Duke, Lenoir-Rhyne, Methodist

– Commercial

• Operating

– DOD

– NGAT/NCSU

– Commercial

– Uninformed

• Leadership

– UAS Integration

Working Group

• Law Enforcement

Working Group

Subcommittee

– NCDOT developing

permit program as

UAS Program Office

UAS “Approved” Operations Summary

Today

• Limited Operations

• Certificates of Authorization (COAs): public agencies

• Section 333 Exemptions- private/commercial

• Special/Restricted Airworthiness Certificates

• Hobbyists

Not-so-Distant

• Line of Sight Operations

• Part 107 Commercial Rule for Small UAS Operations

• Agency operations

• Limited Operations

• COAs: public agencies

• Hobbyists

Future Operations

• Part 107 LOS Operations

• Limited Beyond-LOS Operations

• NextGen integrated airspace

NPRM Part 107 sUAS Operations:

Summary

• Operational Limitations

– Aircraft less than 55 lbs

– Visual Line of Sight only

– Daylight only

– Max airspeed: 100 mph

– Max altitude: 500’ AGL

– Requires preflight

inspection

– No careless and reckless

operations

– Visual Observer is optional

– 1 aircraft per 1 operator

• Operator Requirements

– Pass an aeronautical

knowledge test

– Vetted by TSA

– Obtain UA Operator

Certificate

– Report accident within 10

days

– 17 years old minimum

• Aircraft Requirements

– No airworthiness cert

– Aircraft registration (N#)

Important Links

• NPRM

– FAA page: https://www.faa.gov/uas/nprm/

– Official document: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-02-

23/pdf/2015-03544.pdf

• FAA Comments (~2500 as of 4/2/15):

– http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FAA-2015-

0150-0017

– Closes 4/24/15

• FAA Section 333 page:

– https://www.faa.gov/uas/legislative_programs/section_333/

– 69 granted as of 4/2/15 (on 2/14/15 there 28)

– ~900 requests

NGAT Upcoming Highlights

• 4/16- ITRE Transportation Founders Fund Speaker Series

– Karl Wunderlich- “Connected Everything: How Connected Vehicles, Active

Infrastructure, and Empowered Travelers Are Transforming How We

Understand and Manage Surface Transportation Systems

• 4/23- FAA NPRM Part 107 Public Comment Period Closes

• May 4-7- AUVSI, Atlanta

– 5/6, 3:00- Kyle is moderating the panel discussion “Why the UAS Industry

Doesn't Need a Single Nest”

• May 11-15- International Symposium on Remote Sensing of

Environment , Germany

– 5/14- Tom presenting a paper “Utlization of remotely-piloted aircraft systems for

operations and research”

• June 6- NC Federal Advanced Technologies Review, Raleigh

• UAS Commercialization Conference, June 23-24, DC

Contact:

NGAT Program Office

919-515-9351

ngat.connect@gmail.com

For More Information

It is not really necessary to look too far into

the future; we see enough already to be

certain it will be magnificent. Only let us

hurry and open the roads.

- Wilbur Wright

“If you decide to try your machine here &

come, I will take pleasure in doing all I can for

your convenience & success & pleasure, & I

assure you- you will find a hospitable people

when you come among us.”

- William J. Tate, Kitty Hawk Postmaster 1900

NC Law

• Nobody shall

– Conduct surveillance of:• A person or a dwelling occupied by a person

and that dwelling's curtilage without the

person's consent.

• Private real property without the consent of

the owner, easement holder, or lessee of the

property.

– Photograph an individual, without the

individual's consent, for the purpose of

publishing or otherwise publicly

disseminating the photograph. This

subdivision shall not apply to

newsgathering, newsworthy events, or

events or places to which the general

public is invited.

– Fish or hunt with a UAS.

– Weaponize a UAS

• $5000 civil penalty for unwarranted,

unapproved use of photos for the

purpose of publishing or otherwise

disseminating

• No unmanned aircraft system may be

launched or recovered from any State

or private property without consent.

• A unit of local government may adopt

an ordinance to regulate the use of

the local government's property for the

launch or recovery of unmanned

aircraft systems.“

• Interference with manned aircraft by

UAS is guilty of a Class H felony.

• NCDOT Division of Aviation is

developing the state permitting

program

• The State CIO shall have the authority

to approve or disapprove (i) the

procurement or operation of a UAS by

agents or agencies of the State and

(ii) the disclosure of personal

information captured during flight.

Current NGAT UAS Fleet with COA Locations

Micro (< 5 lbs)

Vireo

All locations

UX5

Lake Wheeler

Precision Hawk

Butner, Lake

Wheeler

Maveric

Butner

Super Swiper

GRTS Small (10 - 55 lbs)

Large (55+ lbs)

FENRIR

Butner

Super Bat

GRTS Avenger

GRTS

Swiper

GRTS

RMAX

GRTS

T-20

Caratoke

New NGAT UAS Fleet with COA Locations

Micro (< 5 lbs)

DJI Inspire

All locations

3DR Iris

Lake Wheeler,

Butner

Raven

Caratoke

eBee

All locations

X6

Statewide, MV, LW, Butner Small (10 - 55 lbs)

Apex

Caratoke

ARIS

Caratoke

Indago

All locations

Mobius

GRTS

Puma

Caratoke

Olaeris AEVA

LW, TBD