Alaska Fairbanks Claims First UAS Test Range Flight
The first test mission took place moments after the university received its COA from the FAA.
The Aeryon Scout takes flight at the Robert G. White Large Animal Research Station. (Photo: University of Alaska Fairbanks)
The Aeryon Scout takes flight at the Robert G. White Large Animal Research Station. (Photo: University of Alaska Fairbanks)

North Dakota’s unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) test range may have been first to receive an FAA certificate of authorization (COA), but the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) this week laid claim to the first test-site mission.