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NASA Partners with uAvionix on Command and Control for Urban UAS
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by DRONELIFE Staff Author Ian M. Crosby
NASA has signed a Space Act Agreement with uAvionix for the event of advanced BVLOS Command and Control (C2) technologies for drones in urban environments. The agreement will see NASA collaborate with uAvionix to conduct research & development of business UAS C2 systems employing internet-based infrastructure and air traffic control frequencies. Flight testing will likely be conducted on the UAS Flight Test Range at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, with flight data to be generated and evaluated on the uAvionix SkyLine C2 technology under the High Density Vertiplex (HDV) project.
“The HDV project is worked up to partner with uAvionix to support the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) mission,” said HDV Technical Lead Jacob Schaefer. “C2 technologies are critical to realize the advanced flight operations envisioned inside the longer term of AAM.”
The brand new partnership will lend major support to the event of remotely piloted business passenger flight operations that are reliant on the performance of certified Control and Non-Payload Communications (CNPC) link systems.
“uAvionix is proud to partner with NASA on this essential project”, said uAvionix Managing Director Christian Ramsey. “NASA’s collaboration will help advance the operational application of our skyLink5060 radios, a very important step to facilitate AAM, especially passenger carrying vehicles and vertiports that may ultimately require certification.”
The performance and operational standards are currently undergoing testing to be used cases that range from Urban Air Mobility to long range cargo delivery. Flight tests are scheduled to happen between the summer of 2023 and summer of 2024, and can incorporate technologies that support advanced BVLOS operations.
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