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Integrated Pilot Program North Dakota Department of Transportation Russ Buchholz

North Dakota Department of Transportation Bismarck, ND Kansas Department of Transportation City of Reno Topeka, KS Reno, NV Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority Herndon, VA Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority Memphis, TN City of San Diego San Diego, CA Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma North Carolina Department of Transportation Durant, OK Raleigh, NC University of Alaska-Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK Lee County Mosquito Control District Ft. Myers, FL UAS IPP Participants

• FAA Project Prioritization Pre- • Committees (ARAC, ARCs, etc.) • Rulemaking Management Council (RMC) Rulemaking • International Coordination • Petitions for Rulemaking •Priority-list rules (ANPRM, NPRM, SNPRM, IPP Final Rules) Rulemaking Public Policy •Special rules (SFARs, Technical Amendments) •High-interest (Congressional mandates, Administrator priorities) • Original (Full Grant/Denial) • Summary (Grant/Denial) Exemptions • Amendments • Extensions • High Volume

Operational Capabilities Towards Full UAS Integration

Current North Dakota State Law : State Agencies are not allowed to purchase “Aircraft” without Legislative Approval Currently, a UAS is considered an Aircraft. In Session, there is a House Bill to allow agencies to purchase an UASs.

North Dakota’s Missions: Mission 1: Media and Emergency Response Mission 2: Linear Infrastructure Inspections *All Missions were chosen and assigned by FAA

Mission 1 – Operations over People (in a controlled Airspace) CNN (Cable News Network) Pilots CNN’s SNAP (1.37 lbs) from Vantage prepping for their flight on the canopy Robotics of the Fargodome.

Mission 1 – Operations over People (2 UASs flying simultaneously in a sustained environment) CNN (Cable News Network) Pilot (Effie BotLinks DJI Phantom 4 Pro (3.47 lbs) Nidam) releasing the SNAP off of the with a ParaZero “SafeAir” parachute canopy of the Fargodome.

Mission 2 – Beyond Visual Line of Sight (in an urban area) Xcel recently used an ORC2 (Altus Xcel Energy will be our main partner Intelligence) but is using a VAPOR 55 along with Harris Corporation (Pulse Aerospace)

Mission 2 – Beyond Visual Line of Sight (Leveraging the PSP) We are currently leveraging the Partnership for Xcel Energy will be our main partner Safety Program ( PSP ) with Xcel Energy who are inspecting Power Lines in a Rural along with Harris Corporation Environment (Colorado) using a VAPOR 55 (Pulse Aerospace) going BVLOS.

Questions? Website: dot.nd.gov/uas