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FAA Approves Alaska To Begin UAS Test Research Flights

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, May 5th, 2014

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FAA Approves Alaska To Begin UAS Test Research Flights

Aeroyon Labs Scout quadrotor UAS. Photo: Aeryon Labs.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday said that the Univ. of Alaska’s test site to conduct research flights of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) is now operational, allowing flights for the next two years under an agency Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA). The school’s Fairbanks campus will be flying Aeryon Labs Inc.’s quad-rotor Scout small UAS (sUAS) system to conduct animal surveys at its Pan-Pacific UAS Test Range Complex in Fairbanks. The purpose of the wildlife operations is to…

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