AASHTO Unmanned Aerial Systems/Urban Air Mobility (UAS/UAM) Working - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

AASHTO Unmanned Aerial Systems/Urban Air Mobility (UAS/UAM) Working Group Meeting Bobby Walston, Chair Director, North Carolina DOT Division of Aviation June 26, 2020

AASHTO UAS/UAM Working Group Agenda • Welcome Secretary Julie Lorenz, Kansas DOT Bobby Walston, NC DOT • Self-Introductions All • Overview of UAS and UAM Bobby Walston – FAA Role – Opportunity for State DOT’s Basil Yap, NC DOT North Carolina DOT UAS Program – Kansas DOT UAS Program Bob Brock, KS DOT • Review of Working Group Framework King Gee, AASHTO – Objectives – Deliverables – Member Roles & Responsibilities – Issues & Topics Brainstorm • Next Meetings Bobby Walston 2

AASHTO UAS/UAM Working Group Self-Introductions State your Name John Doe North Carolina DOT Organization Division of Aviation Title UAS Program Manager Main line of Work Statewide UAS Integration One sentence about your Helped build the NCDOT experience with UAS and/or UAM UAS Program since 2014. 3

AASHTO UAS/UAM Working Group Overview of UAS and UAM Unmanned Aerial System Urban Air Mobility 4

Major Building Blocks for UAS & UAM Infrastructure Technology Advancements Regulation Public Sector Acceptance Growth 5

AASHTO UAS/UAM Working Group Industry Investing Heavily in UAS & UAM UBER Airbus 6

AASHTO UAS/UAM Working Group Federal Aviation Administration Role FAA is a Regulator Must ensure the safety of operations in the National Airspace System FAA is a Service Provider Must preserve the efficiency of all the airspace delegated to the United States 7

Coordinating FAA Integration Efforts FAA Deputy Administrator UAS Board Air Traffic Policy, International Affairs, & Mission Support Environment Emerging Technologies Aviation Policy & Plans System Operations International Affairs Program Management Environment & Energy FAA Lines of Business FAA Staff Offices Aviation Safety Finance and Management UAS Flight Standards IT Services Integration Financial Services Aircraft Certification Office Acquisitions and Business Rulemaking Chief Counsel NextGen Security & Hazardous Materials Government & Industry Affairs Airports Communications

AASHTO UAS/UAM Working Group Small UAS Operations 9

AASHTO UAS/UAM Working Group Part 107 Operating Rules 10

AASHTO UAS/UAM Working Group FAA UAS Integration Pilot Program One of 9 U.S. teams testing UAS use cases 11

AASHTO UAS/UAM Working Group Opportunity for State DOT’s Lives saved Convenient, low-cost Economic and & improved commercial services societal benefits, with safety and More businesses, jobs Safer, cost-effective privacy protected and economic growth government operations 12

Opportunity for State DOTs • Using drones to improve state agency operations – Improve efficiencies – Increase safety – Save tax dollars • Integrating drones safely into the airspace – Unmanned traffic management – Public education – Permitting – Policy 13

AASHTO UAS/UAM Working Group NCDOT UAS Program Components 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Statewide Knowledge FAA Integration NCDOT Public Economic State Agency Unmanned Traffic Testing and Operations Pilot Program Education Development Drone Support Permitting Management 14

AASHTO UAS/UAM Working Group NCDOT Drone Operations Safely integrating beneficial drone use across the Department 15

AASHTO UAS/UAM Working Group Wide Range of Use Cases Tested and Deployed • Transportation • Subaquatic vegetation infrastructure inspection mapping • 3D visualization for project • Traffic counts and design and public monitoring engagement • Wetlands delineation • Project assessment and • Worksite safety analysis documentation • Airport infrastructure • Coastal shoreline inspection mapping • Bus terminal assessments • Disaster response • Ferry route assessment management and • Pedestrian walkway project monitoring documentation • Threatened and • Port stockpile assessment endangered species and documentation counts • Rail corridor mapping • Herbicide spraying 16

AASHTO UAS/UAM Working Group North Carolina’s First Coordinated Drone Support of Disaster Emergency Response September 2019 Flooded Interstate 40 Ocracoke Airport, Outer Banks 17

AASHTO UAS/UAM Working Group Medical package delivery operations start in North Carolina under the FAA UAS Integration Pilot Program 18

Unmanned Traffic Management • First state to present UTM concept of operations to FAA (Jan 2020) • Continue presenting concepts to FAA • Continue testing and receiving FAA waivers/approval to implement critical pieces (hurricane response, COVID response, transportation inspection) 19

AASHTO UAS/UAM Working Group North America’s First Air Taxi Demonstration January 2020 20

Bob Brock Director Division of Aviation

KDOT Aviation Mission  Deliver New Capabilities for Kansas and the Aviation Industry  Enhance/Maintain Critical Services  Drive Economic Development

New Capabilities to Assess and Enhance Infrastructure Core Mission: 138 Airports: 1,412 lane miles of runway  Roads, Rail, Transit and Trails  Producing: Safer Operations: Flight & Highway Crews  Faster, More Frequent Inspections  More Comprehensive Analysis 

Bolt Back Off Bent Bracket 24

Sychronized Engagement  34 UAS Mission Partners  Manufacturers  Software Developers  Universities  State Agencies  Transportation Policy  FAA  FHWA

Inaugural BVLOS

Transportation: The Future’s Bright

Issues & Topics Brainstorm • First…

AASHTO UAS/UAM Working Group Future Meetings • Next Working Group Meeting – Date, Time • Upcoming UAS Events – FAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Symposium July 8-9, 2020 [faauas.auvsi.net] – NASAO’s Annual Convention Sept 14-16, 2020 [nasao2020.com] 29

AASHTO UAS/UAM Working Group Adjourn 30