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Hidden Level, Saab Continue Work On FAA Drone-Tracking Tests

Companies specializing in sensor and security technology provided systems aimed at the integration of uncrewed aircraft.

Hidden Level Deployed its Airspace Monitoring Service for an FAA testing program [Courtesy: Hidden Level]
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Key Takeaways:

  • Hidden Level Inc. and Saab Inc. are collaborating with the FAA on a long-term research program to safely integrate uncrewed aircraft into the national airspace system.
  • They support the FAA's Airport Unmanned Aircraft Systems Detection and Mitigation Research Program, testing detection and mitigation technologies at five airports through September 2023.
  • Hidden Level's "Airspace Monitoring Service" (a drone-tracking system) is being evaluated both standalone and as a complementary technology to Saab's SAFE Airport Event Management system to enhance airport safety.
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Hidden Level Inc. and Saab Inc. said they are working with the FAA on long-term projects aimed at aiding the integration of uncrewed aircraft into the national airspace system.

The companies, based in Syracuse, New York, provide sensor and security technology and related systems and services in support of the agency’s Airport Unmanned Aircraft Systems Detection and Mitigation Research Program. The support effort began, the companies said, in the fall of 2018, when the FAA Reauthorization Act became law. The act was meant to continue the FAA’s funding through the end of the 2023 fiscal year.

Jonathan Welsh

Jonathan Welsh is Lead Editor of Aviation Consumer and a private pilot who worked as a reporter, editor and columnist with the Wall Street Journal for 21 years, mostly covering the auto industry. His passion for aviation began in childhood with balsa-wood gliders his aunt would buy for him at the corner store. Follow Jonathan on Twitter @JonathanWelsh4

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