Choctaw Nation BEYOND Program Receives FAA BVLOS Approval for uAvionix Installation
DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby
cormorantAvionics Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted Choctaw State (CNO), Oklahoma Beyond Program approval for Beyond Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations at the Emerging Aviation Technology Center UAS Test Range utilizing uAvionix SkyLine™ Managed C2 and Detect announced that & Avoid sensors. This is his second BVLOS exemption issued by the FAA for a combination of uAvionix SkyLine software and SkyLink™ hardware, allowing drone operators in the CNO range to rely on electronic observers while unmanned aerial vehicles are in flight. to meet the requirement to avoid manned aircraft. pilot’s sight range.
“This approval is an important milestone for Choctaw Nation’s Emerging Aviation Technology Center,” said James Grimsley, Executive Director of Advanced Technology Initiatives, Choctaw Nation, Oklahoma. “With this approval, we have achieved a major milestone in the FAA Beyond program by enabling partners and customers to test fly his BVLOS by leveraging permanently deployed hardware and software from uAvionix. .”
This waiver certifies that uAvionix and CNO have demonstrated that the aircraft detects and evades systems, procedures and control networks, and meets all safety requirements necessary to operate in domestic airspace. Prove that. UAS test coverage system includes uAvionix skyline C2 management platform and pingStation3 Dual-mode ADS-B receiver.integrated with Detect™ Harrier Radar as part of the surveillance layer is the SkyLine C2 management platform, used to manage various CNO and uAvionix owned eVTOL aircraft via uAvionix muLTElink sky link A series of C2 radios.
CNO Aviation Operations Manager Marcus Hartman said: “Working with uAvionix establishes the Advanced Technology Center and the FAA Beyond program as key leaders in this important work.”
uAvionix President Christian Ramsey said: “This is the second waiver in two weeks based on the integration of SkyLine and Skylink technology stacks and DAA sensors. It can be done and will further serve as guidance for future applications leveraging this operational concept.”
SkyLine™ C2 product ecosystem and muLTElink™ radios allow users to choose the best radio link from various LTE, ISM, aviation protection C-band and SATCOM, while allowing users to monitor system status in real-time and access various integration You can visualize the resulting network. DAA sensor.
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Ian attended Dominican University in California and graduated with a BA in English in 2019. With his lifelong passion for writing and storytelling and keen interest in technology, he now contributes to his DroneLife as a staff writer.
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