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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

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Integrated Pilot Program North Dakota Department

  • f Transportation

Russ Buchholz

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UAS IPP Participants

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

  • FAA Project Prioritization
  • Committees (ARAC, ARCs, etc.)
  • Rulemaking Management Council (RMC)
  • International Coordination
  • Petitions for Rulemaking

Pre- Rulemaking

  • Priority-list rules (ANPRM, NPRM, SNPRM,

Final Rules)

  • Special rules (SFARs, Technical Amendments)
  • High-interest (Congressional mandates,

Administrator priorities)

Rulemaking

  • Original (Full Grant/Denial)
  • Summary (Grant/Denial)
  • Amendments
  • Extensions
  • High Volume

Exemptions

IPP

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Operational Capabilities Towards Full UAS Integration

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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.

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North Dakota’s Missions:

Mission 1: Media and Emergency Response Mission 2: Linear Infrastructure Inspections

*All Missions were chosen and assigned by FAA

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Mission 1 – Operations over People

(in a controlled Airspace)

CNN (Cable News Network) Pilots prepping for their flight on the canopy

  • f the Fargodome.

CNN’s SNAP (1.37 lbs) from Vantage Robotics

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Mission 1 – Operations over People

(2 UASs flying simultaneously in a sustained environment)

CNN (Cable News Network) Pilot (Effie Nidam) releasing the SNAP off of the canopy of the Fargodome. BotLinks DJI Phantom 4 Pro (3.47 lbs) with a ParaZero “SafeAir” parachute

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Mission 2 – Beyond Visual Line of Sight

(in an urban area)

Xcel recently used an ORC2 (Altus Intelligence) but is using a VAPOR 55 (Pulse Aerospace) Xcel Energy will be our main partner along with Harris Corporation

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Mission 2 – Beyond Visual Line of Sight

(Leveraging the PSP)

We are currently leveraging the Partnership for Safety Program (PSP) with Xcel Energy who are inspecting Power Lines in a Rural Environment (Colorado) using a VAPOR 55 (Pulse Aerospace) going BVLOS.

Xcel Energy will be our main partner along with Harris Corporation

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Questions?

Website: dot.nd.gov/uas