Interest in UAV Test Sites High

By David Tortorano  - gcacnews - The Federal Aviation Administration has received 50 applications from 37 states for its nationwide competition to select six research and test sites for integrating unmanned aircraft systems with manned aircraft. Some states have pooled their resources with neighbors. Getting a test-site designation will help communities build a UAS research and development and manufacturing cluster or expand an existing one. Sites will be evaluated based on geographic and climatic diversity, ground infrastructure, research needs, population and air traffic density, according to FAA spokesman Les Dorr. FAA drone rules will govern such things as certification of aircraft, training and medical checks for operators, allocation of bandwidth for command and control, and standards for automated systems that unmanned aircraft use to sense danger and avoid collisions, Dorr said.

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