Best Papers at Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC) 2016
October 12, 2016
The theme of the recent DASC 2016 in Sacramento, California was “Enabling Avionics for UAS/UTM (UAS Traffic Management).” NASA Ames UTM team members Joseph Rios, Daniel Mulfinger, Jeffrey Homola, and Priya Venkatesan's paper, “NASA UAS Traffic Management National Campaign: Operations across Six UAS Test Sites” was awarded Best of Session, as well as Best of Track out of seven tracks at the conference. (POC: Katharine Lee)
UTM TCL2 Shakedown #2 Completed
October 12, 2016
The Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Traffic Management subproject completed a second shakedown event in support of Technology Capability Level 2 (TCL2) testing at Reno-Stead Airport (Nevada), October 3-7, 2016. Seven partner organizations flew vehicles and two partner organizations provided ground equipment and support, accomplishing over 50 sorties during the week. Various scenarios were tested with extended visual line of site (EVLOS) operations. The UTM system functioned well, and is on track for the formal demonstration October 17-25, 2016. During the demonstration period, a Media Day will be held on October 19. (POC: Marcus Johnson)