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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

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

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Self-Introductions

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

Overview of UAS and UAM

Unmanned Aerial System

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Urban Air Mobility

Major Building Blocks for UAS & UAM

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Infrastructure Regulation Public Acceptance Sector Growth Technology Advancements

Industry Investing Heavily in UAS & UAM

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UBER Airbus

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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

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FAA Deputy Administrator UAS Board

Coordinating FAA Integration Efforts

Aviation Safety

Flight Standards Aircraft Certification Rulemaking

Air Traffic

Mission Support Emerging Technologies System Operations Program Management

Airports Security & Hazardous Materials

Policy, International Affairs, & Environment Aviation Policy & Plans International Affairs Environment & Energy Finance and Management IT Services Financial Services Acquisitions and Business

NextGen Chief Counsel Communications Government & Industry Affairs

UAS Integration Office

FAA Lines of Business FAA Staff Offices

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Small UAS Operations

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Part 107 Operating Rules

FAA UAS Integration Pilot Program

One of 9 U.S. teams testing UAS use cases

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Lives saved & improved Convenient, low-cost commercial services Safer, cost-effective government operations More businesses, jobs and economic growth

Opportunity for State DOT’s

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Economic and societal benefits, with safety and privacy protected

Opportunity for State DOTs

• Using drones to improve state agency
• perations

– Improve efficiencies – Increase safety – Save tax dollars

• Integrating drones safely into the

airspace – Unmanned traffic management – Public education – Permitting – Policy

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NCDOT UAS Program Components

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State Agency Drone Support

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FAA Integration Pilot Program

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Statewide Unmanned Traffic Management

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Economic Development

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Public Education

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Knowledge Testing and Permitting

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NCDOT Operations

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NCDOT Drone Operations

Safely integrating beneficial drone use across the Department

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Wide Range of Use Cases Tested and Deployed

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• Transportation

infrastructure inspection

• 3D visualization for project

design and public engagement

• Project assessment and

documentation

• Coastal shoreline

mapping

• Disaster response

management and monitoring

• Threatened and

endangered species counts

• Herbicide spraying
• Subaquatic vegetation

mapping

• Traffic counts and

monitoring

• Wetlands delineation
• Worksite safety analysis
• Airport infrastructure

inspection

• Bus terminal assessments
• Ferry route assessment
• Pedestrian walkway project

documentation

• Port stockpile assessment

and documentation

• Rail corridor mapping

North Carolina’s First Coordinated Drone Support of Disaster Emergency Response September 2019

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Flooded Interstate 40 Ocracoke Airport, Outer Banks

Medical package delivery operations start in North Carolina under the FAA UAS Integration Pilot Program

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Unmanned Traffic Management

• First state to present UTM concept
• f 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)

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North America’s First Air Taxi Demonstration

January 2020

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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:

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138 Airports: 1,412 lane miles of runway

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Roads, Rail, Transit and Trails Producing:

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Safer Operations: Flight & Highway Crews

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Faster, More Frequent Inspections

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More Comprehensive Analysis

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Bent Bracket Bolt Back Off

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…

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]

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Adjourn

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