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FAA Names Airports for Unmanned Aircraft Detection System Testing

Dan Pimentel

Tuesday, March 09, 2021 at 04:24 PM ET

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The FAA has launched its Airport Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Detection and Mitigation Research Program, selecting five U.S. airports to evaluate technologies against drone-related safety risks.
Beginning later this year and continuing through 2023, the program will test at least 10 different systems across diverse airport environments, starting with baseline evaluations at Atlantic City International Airport.
Mandated by the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, the research aims to develop comprehensive standards for future UAS detection and mitigation technologies at airports nationwide.

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Dan Pimentel

Dan Pimentel is an instrument-rated private pilot and former airplane owner who has been flying since 1996. As an aviation journalist and photographer, he has covered all aspects of the general and business aviation communities for a long list of major aviation magazines, newspapers and websites. He has never met a flying machine that he didn’t like, and has written about his love of aviation for years on his Airplanista blog. For 10 years until 2019, he hosted the popular ‘Oshbash’ social media meetup events at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.