Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS)
Background
Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) have been used primarily by the military for many years. As this emerging technology develops, UAS activity is on the rise with benefits expected through a variety of civilian and commercial applications. In 2012, federal legislation required the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to safely integrate UAS into the National Air Space by September 2015. In December 2013, the FAA announced the selection of the six public entities that will develop uncrewed aircraft systems research and test sites around the country.
"These congressionally-mandated test sites will conduct critical research into the certification and operational requirements necessary to safely integrate UAS into the national airspace over the next several years. Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi was selected as one of the six sites and plans to develop system safety requirements for UAS vehicles and operations with a goal of protocols and procedures for airworthiness testing." Source: FAA Press Release
In February of 2012, NCTCOG staff published the Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Report, a product of the Regional General Aviation and Heliport System Plan. Please visit the North Texas UAS Website for operational requirements and guidelines, resources, and much more.
Know Before You Fly Your Drone Workshops
As all communities work together to stop the spread of COVID-19, NCTCOG held all 20 "Know Before You Fly Your Drone" workshops virtually over the past two years. To learn about where to fly, best practices, rules and regulations, and much more, visit YouTube and watch the series.
UAS Task Force
The North Texas UAS Safety and Integration Task Force is a public/private partnership that aims to mitigate reckless UAS operation and promote and accelerate the safe and efficient integration of UAS into the Dallas-Fort Worth regional airspace through education, training, legislation, public awareness, strategic planning and innovation.
The Task Force will collaborate to recommend/develop safety protocols and regional procedures while adhering to federal and state rules and requirements and will work to inform UAS operators and the general public through outreach and access to educational resources.
Please visit the North Texas UAS website for upcoming UAS information, operational requirements and guidelines, resources, and much more.
UAS Task Force Meeting
August 29, 2023
10 - 12 pm
Virtual Meeting
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July 25, 2023 |
Agenda |
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June 27, 2023 |
Operation Healing Eagle Feather, MissionGo, Inc: Nate Ernst
The Network, AURA Network Solutions: Lisa Peterson
The Virgina “FIX” and Apple blossom Fest, ATA: John Eberhardt
sUAS Detection, Scientel Solutions: Joe Mayer
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May 30, 2023 |
The Advanced Air Mobility Market, SMG Consulting: Sergio Cecutta
UAS Legislative Update and Discussion, NCTCOG: Nicholas Allen
NCTCOG Program Area Update, NCTCOG: Ernest Huffman
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May 2, 2023 |
Bell 2023 Advanced Vertical Robotics Competition, Bell: Rohn Olson
Tucson College Drone Design Competition, Law Office of Frank L. Broyles: Frank Broyles Part 107 and Autism, HAAPE: Larry Rothman & CHAMP: Brett Carpenter Public Works Pilot in Dallas, Birdstop: Keith Miao UAS Legislative Update and Discussion, NCTCOG: Nicholas Allen |
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March 28, 2023 |
NCTCOG Defense Industry Resilience Grant, NCTCOG: Paul Paine
A Tethered Drone Solution, Teltech Group: Fraser Pajak
Investor and Investment Opportunities in AAM, Aero-X Ventures: Basil Yap
Compliance and Cyberisks with AAM, RB Advisory LLC: Regine Bonneau
UAS Legislative Update and Discussion, NCTCOG: Nicholas Allen
Bell 2023 Advanced Vertical Robotics Competition, Bell: Chad Sparks
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February 28, 2023 |
FCC's NPRM on "Spectrum Rules & Policy for the Operation of Unmanned Aircraft", Dallas Police Dept. Aviation Unit UAS Squad: Mark Colborn
Airport Readiness for Autonomous Technologies, University of North Texas: Dr. Clinton Purtell
UAS Legislative Update and Discussion, NCTCOG: Nicholas Allen
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January 31, 2023 |
Overair’s EVTOL Platform, Overair: John Criezis
American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing Gulf South Region, Halff: Bill Swope
“Drone Prepared” and TX Drone Workshop, AUVSI: Jared Janacek
ARISE Conference and Competition, SMU: Kenneth Berry
UAS Legislative Update, NCTCOG: Nicholas Allen
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December 6, 2022 |
Airspace Hazard Identification and Alerting Service, Hermes: Dr. Kamesh Namaduri
NASA AAM Integration Annex #2, NASA: Nancy Mendonca
FAA Youth Access to American Jobs in Aviation Report, NCTCOG: Nicole Johnson
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October 25, 2022 |
GeoData into B4UFly, Aloft Ai: Steve Roy
Integrating AAM into Future Mobility, Supernal: Adrienne Lindgren
Safety Assurance for Advanced Air Mobility, ResilienX: Andrew Carter
Using Drones for Inspections, Deloitte: Edgar Valdez
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September 27, 2022 |
Operating a DronePort, Innovets: Mike Whitted & Chris Yakabe
Offshore Cargo Resupply, Volatus Aerospace: Mike Hill NASA National Campaign 1 Update, Unmanned Experts: Keven Gambold Wildlife Hazard Management and AAM, Mead & Hunt: Lisa Harmon |
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August 30, 2022 |
Updates from Airspace Link, Airspace Link: Lisa Petterson
Autonomous EVTOLs, Wisk: Emilien Marchand Training Drone Pilots with Autism, CHAMP: Brett Carpenter Industry Legislature Discussion, Law Office of Frank Broyles: Frank Broyles
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July 26, 2022 |
Walmart Deliveries in North Texas, DroneUp: Matt Beatty
AAM Workforce Trends, Advanced Air Mobility Association: Russell Julian Texas UAM Advisory Committee Update, Volatus Aerospace: Michael Hill Advanced Air Mobility Survey, RSG INC.: Jonelle Hanson |
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June 28, 2022 |
Sony Airpeak, Sony: Gabriel Johnson
UAS Manufacturing Supply Chain, University of North Texas: Dr. Suman Niranjan Sustainable Urban Air Transport, Urban-Air Port: Stuart Bloomfield |
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May 31, 2022 |
Vertiports and Vertistops in North Texas, Skyports: Steven Spinello
Electric Grid Infrastructure at Airports, Mead & Hunt: Mitchell Hooper |
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March 29, 2022 |
North Texas Center for Mobility Solutions, Transportation Research Alliance: Victor Fishman
Arlington Entertainment District Pilot, Hidden Level: James Licata |
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February 22, 2022 |
NASA Vertiport Location Survey Study, Maven: Wyatt Nordstrom
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January 25, 2022 |
Interlink Employer Survey Results, Interlink: Candy Slocum
UAM and Cyber Security, RBA Advisory: Regine Bonneau Traffic Management Solutions, Avianco: Shravan Vatambeti |
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November 30, 2021 |
Electrification of Aircraft, National Renewable Energy Labs: Brett Oakleaf & Scott Cary
UAS Network Alliance, Crown Castle: George Kirov AAAE UAM Market Report, American Association of Airport Executives: Jeremy Valcich Next Steps, NCTCOG: Ernest Huffman |
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October 26, 2021 |
RF-based Detection and Localization of a Drone, University of Texas - Arlington, VP Nguyen
Dawn of Drones, P3Tech Consulting: Dawn Zoldi Drone Defense, Scientel Solutions: Joe Mancino Autonomous Aircraft, Skybase: Michael Read |
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September 28, 2021 |
Drones in the Water, Reign Maker; Jessica Chosid
Airport Response to UAS Threats, National Safe Skies Alliance: Jessica Grizzle & Woolpert: Zach Shuman Drones and VR, GRADD VR: Reza Karamooz Next Steps, NCTCOG: Ernest Huffman |
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July 27, 2021 |
Agenda Forecasting the AAM Potential in 84 Cities Around the World, UAM Geomatics: Phil Dyment
sUAS and Mapping, Texas Drone Company: Jared Jenseth
National Drone Advisory Committee Update, FAA Drone Advisory Committee Member: Mark Colburn
UAS Legislative Update, NCTCOG: Nicholas Allen
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June 29, 2021 |
Renewable Energy and EVTOL, National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Brett Oakleaf
DFW Area Vertiports, Sky Helicopters: Ken Pyatt
Can Texas Lead Advanced Air Mobility? SkyStations: Daniel De Clute-Melancon
UAS Legislative Update, NCTCOG: Nicholas Allen
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May 25, 2021 |
Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry, Cardinal Geospatial: Aiden Thurling
3D Survey Mapping, Cooper Aerial: Jim Crume
Satellite Communications to Emergency Responders, IP Access International: Jason Fillebrown
UAS Legislative Update, NCTCOG: Nicholas Allen
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April 27, 2021 |
Agenda A New Economic Model for EVTOL, Swanson Consultancy: Darrell Swanson
Accident Reconstruction, SkyeBrowse: Bobby Ouyang Interdrone 2021, Interdrone: Leslie Wolf & John McLoughlin UAS Legislative Update, NCTCOG: Nicholas Allen |
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March 30, 2021 |
Interoperability to unlock the UAS and UAM Airspace, Jviation: Gregory Dyer
Utilizing Underwater Drone (ROV) Technology for Aquatic Surveys & Search/Rescue Operations, DW Digital Imagery & Associates, LLC: Johnathon Denton
SmartDrone - Smart. Accurate. Affordable LiDAR Drones, Smart Drones: Eric Green
AUVSI Xponential 2021, AUVSI: Wes Morrison
UAS Legislative Update, NCTCOG: Nicholas Allen
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February 23, 2021 |
Private Operators to be Overhauled by AAVa, Streamlined Main Dynamics: Prashant Sharma
Behind the Scenes of the Drone Revolution, DroneTalks: Eszter Kovacs
Design of Hexacopter UAV EAGLE-1 Mount System for Future 3D Mapping Using LIDAR, University of Texas at Arlington: Carolina Favela and Ryan Howe
Public Safety Unmanned Response Team, PSURT: Travis Calendine
UAS Legislative Update, NCTCOG: Nicholas Allen
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January 26, 2021 |
Strategic Analysis of Aero Taxi Solutions, Frost & Sullivan: Aaron Kravitz & Michael Blades
Low Altitude Weather Infrastructure, TruWeather: Donald Berchoff
Remote ID and Ops Over People Rules, P3 Tech Consulting: Dawn Zoldi
Next Steps, NCTCOG: Ernest Huffman
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December 1, 2020 |
City of Coral Gables Drone Use Cases, City of Coral Gables: Raimundo Rodulfo & Alex Gamundi
The AirHub Platform, Airspace Link: Lisa Peterson & Jack Mackin
Airspace Monitoring Services, Hidden Level: James Licata
Bell NASA SIO Demo Update, Bell: Chad Sparks
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October 27, 2020 |
Cyber Security and Drones, Syracuse University: Lee McKnight & NUAIR: Dave Whitaker
Drones and Smart Cities, Curiosity Labs: Justin Daniels Beeznests Connection Ltd, Black Girls Drone & Community Partners: Ernanda White, Alexandra McCalla & Jin Liu “Drones in the Classroom” Educator Conference, SMU: Kenneth Berry Task Force Next Steps, NCTCOG: Ernest Huffman Advanced Air Mobility Market Study, AIA: David Silver & Deloitte: Matthew Metcalfe |
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September 29, 2020 |
Introduction to Newcastle, Newcastle Manufacturing: Travis Kunkel
V-BAT Innovative VTOL Tech, Martin UAV: Mark Russel
Airport Design for Large UAS, Woolpert: Thomas Mackie
Universal Aerial Solutions for Today and Tomorrow, Arvika Aerial: Paul Woessner
Future of Jobs, Global Air Drone Academy: Eno Umoh
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August 25, 2020 |
PSURT Update, Town of Little Elm: Travis Calendine
The Aviation Unmanned Vehicle Museum, AUVM: Paula Field & Doug Smith
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American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Modus: Daniel Hubert
DroneCode Project, 3DR: Steve Boyle
Alliance for Certified Drone Manufacture in America, Aero & Space USA: Arun Murthi
Media Asset Management, AIDA Content Management: Peter Flood & Metadata for the Drone Industry, 2BX Media: Tommy Macias
Working Group Updates, NCTCOG: Ernest Huffman
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June 30, 2020 |
Community Integration - Adding the Third Dimension to Urban and Regional Transportation, Community Air Mobility Initiative: Yolanka Wulff
InterDrone 2020, Emerald X LLC: Jon McLoughlin & Leslie Wolf
NCT9-1-1 UAS Program, NCTCOG: David Dean
TDEM Task Force Update, Cumulus Technologies: Michael Hill
UAS Workforce Steering Committee, UAS WERX: Wes Jurey
Automated Transportation Planning, Request for Proposals and Defense Manufacturing Communities Support Program, NCTCOG: Thomas Bamonte
Next Steps, NCTCOG: Ernest Huffman
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May 26, 2020 |
EVTOL Technology, JMSI Vision: Jim Semerad
Giant Drones in Texas: AVA Winged X8 Flying Robotic Platform, Aerial Vehicle Automation: David Gonzales II
UNT and NASA Grand Design, University of North Texas: Dr. Kamesh Namuduri
sUAS and Professional Services, Halff and Associates: Bill Swope
Women in Drones Job Board, Women in Drones: Maggie Schuster
FAA Survey of Unmanned Aircraft Systems RFC, NCTCOG: Kyle Roy
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April 28, 2020 |
Urban Air Mobility Market Study, Quantitative Scientific Solutions LLC: Dr. Colleen Reiche
COVID 19 UAS Use Cases and Disaster Relief, DJI: Wayne Baker
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January 28, 2020 |
Alliance Texas Mobility Innovation Zone, Hillwood: Christian Childs
UAS Workforce Steering Committee, UAS Werx: Wes Jurey
UAS Real Estate Inventory, ROOFFAX: Mario Herrera
Public Safety Unmanned Response Team and TDEM Update, PSURT: Travis Calendine
NASA Grand Design Challenge Update, Lonestar UAS: Joe Henry
Know Before You Fly Workshop Recap, UAS Plus Services: Maggie Schuster
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October 30, 2019 |
AI Technology and Inspections, Bees360: Barry Beavers
UAS Legislation Strategy & Legislation Review, NCTCOG: Nicholas Allen
NCTCOG Traffic Incident Funding Opportunity, NCTCOG: Camille Fountain
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September 24, 2019 |
Automated Fault Detection, ResilienX: Andrew Carter FAA’s Law Enforcement Assistance Program, Federal Aviation Administration: Kenny Maldonado Fort Worth ISD Aerial Robotics Grant, Fort Worth ISD: Daphne Rickard Bell Vertical Robotics Competition Update, Bell: Rohn Olson Lone Star UAS NASA TCL4 Observations & UAM Update, Lonestar UAS: Joe Henry UAVs and the Results of InterLink’s 2019 Regional Employer Survey, InterLink: Candy Slocum SMU UAS Summit Review, Cumulus Technologies: Michael Hill Know Before You Fly Workshop Sponsorships, NCTCOG: Ernest Huffman |
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July 23, 2019 |
UAS Insurance and Risk Management, AON Risk Solutions: Rose Marie Norman Drone Solutions Program, Firmatek: Jeff Freund & Andrew Maximow UNT-UAS Traffic Management, University of North Texas: Dr. Kamesh Namuduri Counter UAS Technology, Arlington Police: Lieutenant Neal Lanfield Know Before You Fly Workshops, UAS Plus Services LLC: Maggie Schuster & Even Merelli |
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June 25, 2019 |
FAA UAS Symposium and NASA TCL4, Lone Star UAS: Joe Henry & NCTCOG: Ernest Huffman UAS Legislation, NCTCOG: Nicholas Allen Weather Avoidance for Drones/Air Taxis, Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere: Apoorva Bajaj Miscellaneous Follow Up, NCTCOG: Ernest Huffman |
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May 28, 2019 |
Multi-Scale Integrated Interactive Intelligent Sensing, University of Texas at Dallas: Dr. David Lary Flying Cell Towers and UAS Traffic Management University of North Texas: Dr. Kamesh Namuduri Task Force Outreach Strategy, NCTCOG: Kenneth Bergstrom UAS Legislation, NCTCOG: Nicholas Allen |
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April 23, 2019 |
Next generation lightweight carbon composite structures, WIT-Composite: Weronika Soszyńska Indy RC World and Drones, Indy RC World: Evan Merelli Autonomous Mobility Corridor, ATRIUS Industries: Jeff DeCoux PSURT Group Update - Statewide UAS Standardized Training and Response, Town of Little Elm: Travis Calendine UAS Legislation, NCTCOG: Nicholas Allen Task Force Working Groups Update, NCTCOG: Ernest Huffman |
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March 25, 2019 |
NASA’s (UTM) Project, Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence & Innovation: Joe Henry UAS Werx and the City of Mineral Wells, UAS Werx: Wes Jurey UAS Opportunities to Fill Mobility Gaps, NCTCOG: Dan Lamers UAS Legislation, NCTCOG: Nicholas Allen Task Force Working Groups Update, NCTCOG: Ernest Huffman |
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February 19, 2019 |
Urban Air Mobility Testing Ground, Lone Star UAS: Joe Henry UAS and the Navy, Federal Aviation Administration: Peter Morgan Task Force Working Groups Update, NCTCOG: Ernest Huffman UAS Legislation: NCTCOG: Kyle Roy & Rebekah Hernandez |
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December 11, 2018 |
NASA Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge, Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence & Innovation: Joe Henry City of Fort Worth New UAS Usage Policy, City of Fort Worth: Aaron Barth UAS Legislation, NCTCOG: Kyle Roy Task Force Contributing Committees and Working Groups, NCTCOG: Ernest Huffman Know Before You Fly Workshops, NCTCOG: Ernest Huffman |
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October 23, 2018 |
Task Force Program Structure and Goals, NCTCOG: Natalie Bettger North Texas UAS WERX, RMS Aerospace: Russell Julian Public Safety UAS Response Team, City of Mansfield: Greg Cutler AUVSI Lonestar Chapter, AUVSI: Bryan Archer UAS Legislation, NCTCOG: Amanda Wilson NCTCOG 911, NCTCOG: David Dean |
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June 11, 2018 |
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August 27, 2018 |
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August 7, 2018 |
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Staff Contacts: Ernest Huffman, Natalie Bettger