City operations pose particular challenges for secure drone operations, together with the issues of command and management (C2) in environments the place the excessive utilization of cell telephones and different communications techniques may end up in much less dependable connections. Now, NASA and uAvionix accomplice to analysis the use internet-based infrastructure or air visitors management frequencies for C2 techniques.
NASA Companions with uAvionix on Command and Management for City UAS
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by DRONELIFE Workers Author Ian M. Crosby
NASA has signed a Area Act Settlement with uAvionix for the event of superior BVLOS Command and Management (C2) applied sciences for drones in city environments. The settlement will see NASA collaborate with uAvionix to conduct analysis & growth of economic UAS C2 techniques using internet-based infrastructure and air visitors management frequencies. Flight testing can be carried out on the UAS Flight Take a look at Vary at NASA’s Langley Analysis Heart in Hampton, Virginia, with flight information to be generated and evaluated on the uAvionix SkyLine C2 expertise underneath the Excessive Density Vertiplex (HDV) mission.
“The HDV mission is worked up to accomplice with uAvionix to assist the Superior Air Mobility (AAM) mission,” stated HDV Technical Lead Jacob Schaefer. “C2 applied sciences are vital to attain the superior flight operations envisioned inside the way forward for AAM.”
The brand new partnership will lend main assist to the event of remotely piloted industrial passenger flight operations that are reliant on the efficiency of licensed Management and Non-Payload Communications (CNPC) hyperlink techniques.
“uAvionix is proud to accomplice with NASA on this necessary mission”, stated uAvionix Managing Director Christian Ramsey. “NASA’s collaboration will assist advance the operational utility of our skyLink5060 radios, an necessary step to facilitate AAM, particularly passenger carrying automobiles and vertiports that can finally require certification.”
The efficiency and operational requirements are at the moment present process testing to be used instances that vary from City Air Mobility to lengthy vary cargo supply. Flight checks are scheduled to happen between the summer time of 2023 and summer time of 2024, and can incorporate applied sciences that assist superior BVLOS operations.
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Ian attended Dominican College of California, the place he obtained a BA in English in 2019. With a lifelong ardour for writing and storytelling and a eager curiosity in expertise, he’s now contributing to DroneLife as a employees author.
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