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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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Key Takeaways:

The FAA is launching a research program at five host airports to test technologies capable of detecting and mitigating potential safety risks posed by remotely piloted aircraft.
Mandated by the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, the program will evaluate at least 10 different systems, beginning later this year and continuing through 2023.
The ultimate goal is to develop standards for future drone detection and mitigation technologies to enhance airport safety nationwide, ensuring they do not interfere with safe airport operations.

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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.