Open-Air UAS Flight includes:

• Consultation for helping partners understand and adhere to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules as well as standard aviation safety and operations procedures
• Guidance for flying a range of applications and vehicles
• Rigorous airworthiness evaluations for inspecting vehicle designs, reviewing operations manuals, and evaluating the human factors that influence safety, including pilot proficiency and operations procedures
• Staff team members for designing and testing tailor-made payload integration solutions and integrating capabilities including software design and engineering, mechanical interfaces, electrical interfaces, and command and control
• Needs assessments for determining the vehicle, payloads, payload integration methods, and procedures needed to successfully and safely execute a mission
• Staff team members for developing and executing rigorous testing and evaluation plans
• Public outreach for educating and demonstrating engineering, technology, liability, safety, and privacy matters related to the integration of UAS into the national airspace
• Learn more at https://uroc.umd.edu/

Lab contact:

Joe Copenhaver
joecope@umd.edu