The Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance (NUAIR) has announced a link-up with US aerospace company Sagetech Avionics to test platforms providing enhanced situational awareness to pilots flying craft in New York’s 50-mile drone corridor.
NUAIR says its work with Sagetech will trial the company’s detect and avoid (DAA) systems and automatic dependent surveillance–broadcast (ADS-B) transponders in drone operation. The objective is to deliver full situational awareness to pilots in its corridor – and, eventually, all UAV sharing the same airspace with traditional aircraft.
That’s part of the wider testing NUAIR oversees in the New York UAS Test Site at Griffiss International Airport in Rome, NY, seeking to create an assembly of assets in the 50-mile zone that will enable the most advanced and diversified drone uses in the US. As part of that, NUAIR received Federal Aviation Administration approval to broaden its area of beyond…
