UAS Integration Pilot Program (IPP) NCDOT Division of Aviation January 2019
North Carolina Aviation Timeline 2015 2
UAS Integration Pilot Program • Established by PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM • TEST and EVALUATE various models of state, local and tribal government involvement in the development of regulations • ENCOURAGE UAS operators to develop and test new innovative UAS CONOPS • INFORM development of federal guidelines and regulatory decisions on UAS operations nationwide 3
FAA UAS Integration Pilot Program (IPP) 4
NCDOT’s Winning Proposal • Tests local UAS package delivery within rural, suburban and urban areas in North Carolina • Focus: – Medical package delivery – Food delivery – Transportation infrastructure inspection 5
NCDOT IPP North Carolina IPP Team Local Government Industry Universities 6
• Rural medical package delivery focus • Operational in Rwanda since October 2016 • Only company with autonomous deliveries at national scale • 150,000 miles flown (circling the globe 5.5x) • 5,000+ operational BLVOS flights • 10,000 units of blood delivered, hundreds of lives saved • 50-mile operational radius • All-weather capable fixed-wing drones • 15 hospitals 100% reliant on Zipline blood supply delivery 7
• Urban medical package delivery focus • Operational in Switzerland delivering lab samples • 4000+ autonomous flights • 1,300 urban BLVOS delivery flights since October 2017 • All-weather drone with 12-mile range • Secure landing station that changes batteries and delivery items • Authorized for BVLOS operations over Bern, Zurich and Lugano, Switzerland 8
Flytrex • Suburban food package delivery focus • On-demand food delivery service to customers in NC • BVLOS operations in Iceland, Panama and Costa Rica • Operating automated aerial deliveries, from delivery stations located in central commercial areas and distribution centers • Orders made using an online ordering portal (app) • Using a single station all residents living within a 3-mile radius from the station could be potentially served 9
NC Department of Transportation • Transportation Infrastructure Inspection • Operations under Part 107 and COA • BVLOS and operations over people • Routine inspection, natural disaster response, critical construction phase inspection • Airports, bridges, construction projects, landslides, rail corridors, traffic monitoring • Internal NCDOT operators/flight teams 10
NCDOT IPP Program Benefits NC Benefits Consumer Benefits Industry Benefits • Continues our • On-demand service • Opens new markets for leadership in UAS and faster results on-demand delivery innovation • Reduced time to • Informs and assists • Promotes UAS industry treatment, potential to product development and job growth save lives • Accelerates the • Offers hands-on STEM • Potential for lower adoption of regulations educational outreach patient costs 11
NCDOT IPP Planned NC Operations Urban Example Rural Example * Example routes. Actual routes and locations TBD 12
UAS Route Planning Infrastructure Zoning Over People Aircraft Traffic Weather 13
NCDOT IPP First Flight: Medical Package Delivery Matternet at Wake Med | Aug. 29, 2018 Task: Fly a lab sample from a medical surgical center to main WakeMed campus Test: • Package delivery • Remote ID • Air space management tool • Flight over people Routine Flights: • Start Jan.-Feb. 2019 14
Hurricane Florence Response • NCDOT Led 15 UAS Teams • Over 260 missions flown • Over 8,000 videos/photos uploaded to statewide map • Over 45 live streaming events • Coordinated response with zero incidents 15
NCDOT IPP Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) • AIRMAP tool developed to track UAS • Operators use app to ID UAS and location • Customized to manage NCDOT UAS traffic during Hurricane Florence response • Working with NASA in developing statewide UTM system 16
NCDOT IPP Community Engagement Plans • EDUCATION: Workshops, forums, community events • INFORMATION: News releases, video, social media, online updates • NETWORKING: College, university, K-12 partnerships, courses, training, use cases 17
NC Continued Path Forward Urban Air Mobility (UAM) • Infrastructure Inspection • Routine Medical Package Delivery • Routine Food/Parcel Package Delivery • Autonomous Ambulatory Services • Single Pilot Cargo Aircraft • Unmanned Cargo Aircraft • Unmanned Traffic Management 18
NCDOT IPP Questions? Basil Yap UAS Program Manager NCDOT Division of Aviation UAS@ncdot.gov | 919-814-0550 www.ncdot.gov/aviation/uas
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