Integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into Operations Conducted by State Departments of Transportation

The overall goal is to provide guidance to New England DOTs regarding best practices when incorporating UAS into daily operations. The research will focus on the following: (1) exploring UAS applications in order to support state DOT missions and identify those most suitable for specific (or categorical) DOT operational missions; (2) identification of up-to-date technologies and support systems that are necessary in order to accomplish the selected use-cases; (3) addressing challenges associated with the implementation and integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) technologies and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules and regulations; (4) developing processes to carry out selected UAS applications.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Sponsor Organizations:

  New England TRansportation Consortium

  16 State House Station
  Augusta, ME  United States  04333
• Performing Organizations:

  WSP USA

  One Penn Plaza
  250 W 34th Street
  New York, New York  United States  10119
• Start Date: 20190416
• Expected Completion Date: 20210331
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Drones; Guidelines; Implementation; State departments of transportation
• Geographic Terms: New England
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01716030
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Maine Department of Transportation
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 13 2019 9:08AM