Briefing Offers Glimpse of FAA's UAS Concept of Operations

Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operators in the U.S. would have to file and fly instrument flight plans and equip their aircraft for position reporting with transponders and automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast Out (ADS-B Out) transmissions based on GPS. A pilot-in-command would be limited to controlling one aircraft, and autonomous flights would be prohibited under a concept of operations the Federal Aviation Administration is developing to introduce UAS in unrestricted airspace.