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Homeland Security

DHS S&T Selects Mississippi For Small UAS Testing Range

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, April 20th, 2017

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DHS S&T Selects Mississippi For Small UAS Testing Range

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) branch has selected a site in Mississippi for the flight testing of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) in support of its research and development efforts.Mississippi State University (MSU) in Starkville will lead the R&D project, which was competitively awarded, the school said on Wednesday.The demonstration range includes about 2,000 square miles of restricted airspace at altitudes up to 60,000-feeet, mainly in southern and coastal Mississippi. The range makes use of…

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