Test Site Researches UAS Detection at Airports

摘要

Testing at Denver International Airport is a milestone in developing minimum operational performance standards for drone detection at major airports and critical infrastructure locations. In November 2016, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS) - managers of the FAA-designated Nevada UAS Test Site - teamed with Northern Plains UAS Test Site to test counter-UAS technology at the airport. UAS that enter the protected airspace around airports can pose a serious threat to manned aviation safety, leading to the need for new technologies to detect unmanned aircraft.