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FAA, NASA UAS Demonstrations Mark End of UTM Pilot Program

Kelsey Reichmann

Wednesday, November 18th, 2020

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FAA, NASA UAS Demonstrations Mark End of UTM Pilot Program

The second phase of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) traffic management pilot program (UTM/UPP) ended with testing demonstrations in partnership with the NASA focused on testing remote identification (RID) technology and beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations.

The second phase of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) traffic management pilot program (UTM/UPP) ended with testing demonstrations in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) focused on testing remote identification (RID) technology and beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations, according to a Nov. 17 press release. The demonstrations used test sites at the Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership (MAAP) and the New York UAS Test Site (NYUASTS) with each event attracting over…

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