GPS World, February 2014

Industry news and developments GPS Galileo GLONASS BUSINESS THE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES FAA Selects Six Sites for UAV Research T he Federal Aviation Administration announced it has chosen six uunmanned aircraft systems UAS research and test site operators across the country According to the announcement in selecting the six test site operators the FAA considered geography climate location of ground infrastructure research needs airspace use safety aviation experience and risk Its vital that the FAA move forward quickly and give commercial operators a path to integrate UAS technology into their operations in the U S said GPS World Survey Editor Eric Gakstatter Theres a tremendous number of applications UASs in a variety of different vertical markets The six test site operators will research future UAS use and each has additional focus areas University of Alaska The proposal contained a diverse set of test site range locations in seven climatic zones and geographic diversity with sites in Hawaii and Oregon State of Nevada Research will include how air traffic control procedures will evolve with the introduction of UAS into the civil environment and integration with NextGen New Yorks Griffiss International Airport The airport will focus on sense and avoid capabilities for UAS and the complexities of integrating UAS into the congested Northeast airspace North Dakota Department of Commerce North Dakota will conduct human factors research It includes a variety of different airspace that will benefit multiple users Texas A M University Corpus Christi A M plans to develop system safety requirements for UAS vehicles and operations for protocols and procedures for airworthiness testing Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia Tech plans to conduct UAS failure mode testing and identify and evaluate operational and technical risks areas Proposal includes test sites in both Virginia and New Jersey The FAA goals are system safety and data gathering aircraft certification command and control link issues control station layout and certification ground and airborne sense and avoid and environmental impacts Each test site operator will manage the test site in a way that will give access to parties interested in using the site The FAAs role is to ensure each operator sets up a safe testing environment and to provide oversight that guarantees each site operates under strict safety standards Test site operators must comply with federal state and other laws protecting an individuals right to privacy and conduct an annual review of privacy practices Under the current law test site operations will continue until at least February 13 2017 Receiver Survey Addendum The following company was inadvertently omitted from the January Receiver Survey GPS World regrets the error Manufacturer Model Channels tracking mode Signal tracked Maximum number of satellites tracked User environment and applications1 Size W x H x D Weight Position autonomous code real time differential code real time kinematic postprocessed2 Time nanosec 3RVLWLRQ À update rate sec CHC www chcnav com X91 GNSS Receiver 220 GPS L1C A L1C L2C L2E L5 GLONASS L1C A L1P L2C A L2P L3 SBAS Galileo E1 E5A E5B Beidou B1 B3 44 GLMNVPR1 ĳ FP 135Kg P P SSP PP SSP PP SSP 100 8S WR RTK N71 GNSS Receiver 220 GPS L1C A L1C L2C L2E L5 GLONASS L1C A L1P L2C A L2P L3 SBAS Galileo E1 E5A E5B Beidou B1 B3 44 GLMNVPR1 FP 135Kg P P SSP PP SSP PP SSP 100 8S WR RXWSXW VWDQGDUG X900 GNSS Receiver 120 GPS L1 L2 L2C GLONASS L1 L2 SBAS Gallileo E1 E5A E5B BeiDou B1 B2 Flexible RQ JXUDWLRQ L1 60 L1 L2 GLMNVPR1 FP 14Kg P P SSP PP SSP PP SSP 20 8S WR RTK GPS World February 2014 www gpsworld com 14