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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 to evaluate technologies for detecting and mitigating potential safety risks posed by remotely piloted aircraft (drones) at airports.
Five diverse airports, starting with Atlantic City International, will serve as testing sites through 2023 to assess at least 10 different detection and mitigation systems.
The program aims to develop standards for future drone technologies, ensuring they do not interfere with safe airport operations, as mandated by the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018.

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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.