Unmanned Aircraft Integration: Certification Test to Validate sUAS Industry Consensus Standards

Kansas State University is leading a team with Wichita State and the University of North Dakota to see if airworthiness, maintenance, and flight proficiency standards/requirements proposed by the UAS industry (ASTM F38) are safe. The FAA will use this research to set airworthiness standards for small UAS.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $300001
• Contract Numbers:

  15-C-UAS-KSU-02

  15-C-UAS-WISU-02

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Aviation Administration

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Managing Organizations:

  Mississippi State University

  Mississippi State, MS  United States  39762
• Performing Organizations:

  Kansas State University

  Manhattan, Kansas  United States 

  Wichita State University

  Wichita, Kansas  United States 
• Principal Investigators:

  Carraway, Kurt

  Aldag, Tom

• Start Date: 20150901
• Expected Completion Date: 20160930
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: Centers of Excellence
• Subprogram: Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airworthiness; Aviation safety; Certification; Compliance; Drones; Flight tests; Standards
• Identifier Terms: National Airspace System
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Education and Training; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01589847
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE)
• Contract Numbers: 15-C-UAS-KSU-02, 15-C-UAS-WISU-02
• Files: RIP, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 4 2016 3:40PM