This is the presentation from the NC UAS Program Update Briefing and Community Reception | Spring 2015 on April 2, 2015.

1. NC UAS Program
Status
April 2015
Kyle Snyder
NextGen Air Transportation Program
Director

2. NGAT Program: Introduction
• Core Leadership:
– NC State University, ITRE
– NCDOT- Division of Aviation
– State CIO
• Staff
– Program Director- Kyle Snyder
– Flight Operations Manager- Tom Zajkowski
– Programs Manager- Jon Gorman
– Program Support Specialist- Tanisha Wyatt
– Research Engineer: Fred Livingston
– Airspace Consultant- Randy Breedlove
– Research students- Darshan Divakaran, Charles
West, Dawson Stott, Evan Arnold, Robert Walls,
Maddie Lawson, Noah Johnson

3. NGAT UAS Operations: Today
• 16 active Certificates of Authorization (COAs)
– 11 Aircraft
– 6 locations
• Flight summary
– Started 3/21/2013
– At least one flight day/week
– 300+ flights
– ~100 hours of flight time
• Research:
– Airspace integration
– Agriculture
– Surveying

4. NGAT Membership Status
• NGAT Consortium at NC State University- a consortium of academia,
industry, and government agencies created to provide a research and
application–oriented, technology transfer-focused organization for
conducting technology development, investigations, and field trials
• Executed Memberships
– Full: Cresco Ag, Precision Hawk
– Associate: none
– Affiliate: Brooks Pierce Law
• Benefits
– Access to flight test facilities
– Access to services
• Consulting
• Flight operations support
– Enrollment into SMARTeam program (under construction)
– Development of the modern NC aviation community
• First Annual Meeting- September 2015

5. NGAT UAS In Action

6. NGAT UAS Operations: Goal April 2016
• COAs
– 20 Aircraft
– Broad-area operations, including NCDA research
stations
• SMARTeams
– Training
– Research
– Services
• Flight summary
– At least two flight days/week
– 350+ flights
– ~200 hours of flight time
• Research:
– ASSURE- C2, Airspace Integration, Human Factors
– Missions- Ag, Surveying, Remote Sensing
– Public Safety- EM, DOT
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7. SMARTeams
• SMall Aircraft
Response/Research
Teams
– 1 Operator
– 1 Observer
– 1 Data Analyst
– Fixed wing aircraft (2)
– Rotorcraft (1 or 2)
– 1 Flight Manager Field license*
– 1 Mission Caster box and license*
– 1 Mobile Command Vehicle
– Misc equipment
– Travel
– Annual NGAT Admin fee
SMART Development Plan
• Phase 0- Coordination
– Identify initial missions
– Identify initial locations
– Identify flight crew
– Identify equipment needs
• Phase 1- Preparation
– Train/permit SMARTeam to
NCDOT/NGAT law/standard
– Equipment acquisition
– Flight location development- Site SOP
development, FAA approval, onsite
training
• Phase 2- Deployment
– Conduct approved operations
– Reporting

8. UAS in NC
• Interest
– Agencies
• State
– NCEM, NC Zoo, NCDA,
NCDOT, Museums, LEA’s/SBI,
DENR
• Local
– Law enforcement
– Utilities
– Economic development
– Universities
• NCSU, UNC-W, NC A&T, ECU,
ECSU, Appalachian State, UNC-
Charlotte, UNC-Greensboro
• Duke, Lenoir-Rhyne, Methodist
– Commercial
• Operating
– DOD
– NGAT/NCSU
– Commercial
– Uninformed
• Leadership
– UAS Integration
Working Group
• Law Enforcement
Working Group
Subcommittee
– NCDOT developing
permit program as
UAS Program Office

9. UAS “Approved” Operations Summary
Today
• Limited Operations
• Certificates of Authorization (COAs): public agencies
• Section 333 Exemptions- private/commercial
• Special/Restricted Airworthiness Certificates
• Hobbyists
Not-so-
Distant
• Line of Sight Operations
• Part 107 Commercial Rule for Small UAS Operations
• Agency operations
• Limited Operations
• COAs: public agencies
• Hobbyists
Future
Operations
• Part 107 LOS Operations
• Limited Beyond-LOS Operations
• NextGen integrated airspace

10. NPRM Part 107 sUAS Operations:
Summary
• Operational Limitations
– Aircraft less than 55 lbs
– Visual Line of Sight only
– Daylight only
– Max airspeed: 100 mph
– Max altitude: 500’ AGL
– Requires preflight
inspection
– No careless and reckless
operations
– Visual Observer is optional
– 1 aircraft per 1 operator
• Operator Requirements
– Pass an aeronautical
knowledge test
– Vetted by TSA
– Obtain UA Operator
Certificate
– Report accident within 10
days
– 17 years old minimum
• Aircraft Requirements
– No airworthiness cert
– Aircraft registration (N#)

11. Important Links
• NPRM
– FAA page: https://www.faa.gov/uas/nprm/
– Official document: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-02-
23/pdf/2015-03544.pdf
• FAA Comments (~2500 as of 4/2/15):
– http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FAA-2015-
0150-0017
– Closes 4/24/15
• FAA Section 333 page:
– https://www.faa.gov/uas/legislative_programs/section_333/
– 69 granted as of 4/2/15 (on 2/14/15 there 28)
– ~900 requests

12. NGAT Upcoming Highlights
• 4/16- ITRE Transportation Founders Fund Speaker Series
– Karl Wunderlich- “Connected Everything: How Connected Vehicles, Active
Infrastructure, and Empowered Travelers Are Transforming How We
Understand and Manage Surface Transportation Systems
• 4/23- FAA NPRM Part 107 Public Comment Period Closes
• May 4-7- AUVSI, Atlanta
– 5/6, 3:00- Kyle is moderating the panel discussion “Why the UAS Industry
Doesn't Need a Single Nest”
• May 11-15- International Symposium on Remote Sensing of
Environment , Germany
– 5/14- Tom presenting a paper “Utlization of remotely-piloted aircraft systems for
operations and research”
• June 6- NC Federal Advanced Technologies Review, Raleigh
• UAS Commercialization Conference, June 23-24, DC

13. Contact:
NGAT Program Office
919-515-9351
ngat.connect@gmail.com
For More Information
It is not really necessary to look too far into
the future; we see enough already to be
certain it will be magnificent. Only let us
hurry and open the roads.
- Wilbur Wright
“If you decide to try your machine here &
come, I will take pleasure in doing all I can for
your convenience & success & pleasure, & I
assure you- you will find a hospitable people
when you come among us.”
- William J. Tate, Kitty Hawk Postmaster 1900

14. NC Law
• Nobody shall
– Conduct surveillance of:
• A person or a dwelling occupied by a person
and that dwelling's curtilage without the
person's consent.
• Private real property without the consent of
the owner, easement holder, or lessee of the
property.
– Photograph an individual, without the
individual's consent, for the purpose of
publishing or otherwise publicly
disseminating the photograph. This
subdivision shall not apply to
newsgathering, newsworthy events, or
events or places to which the general
public is invited.
– Fish or hunt with a UAS.
– Weaponize a UAS
• $5000 civil penalty for unwarranted,
unapproved use of photos for the
purpose of publishing or otherwise
disseminating
• No unmanned aircraft system may be
launched or recovered from any State
or private property without consent.
• A unit of local government may adopt
an ordinance to regulate the use of
the local government's property for the
launch or recovery of unmanned
aircraft systems.“
• Interference with manned aircraft by
UAS is guilty of a Class H felony.
• NCDOT Division of Aviation is
developing the state permitting
program
• The State CIO shall have the authority
to approve or disapprove (i) the
procurement or operation of a UAS by
agents or agencies of the State and
(ii) the disclosure of personal
information captured during flight.

15. Current NGAT UAS Fleet with COA Locations
Micro (< 5 lbs)
 Vireo
 All locations
 UX5
 Lake Wheeler
 Precision Hawk
 Butner, Lake
Wheeler
 Maveric
 Butner
 Super Swiper
 GRTS Small (10 - 55 lbs)
Large (55+ lbs)
 FENRIR
 Butner
 Super Bat
 GRTS Avenger
 GRTS
 Swiper
 GRTS
 RMAX
 GRTS
 T-20
 Caratoke

16. New NGAT UAS Fleet with COA Locations
Micro (< 5 lbs)
 DJI Inspire
 All locations
 3DR Iris
 Lake Wheeler,
Butner
 Raven
 Caratoke
 eBee
 All locations
 X6
 Statewide, MV, LW, Butner Small (10 - 55 lbs)
 Apex
 Caratoke
 ARIS
 Caratoke
 Indago
 All locations
 Mobius
 GRTS
 Puma
 Caratoke
 Olaeris AEVA
 LW, TBD