Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Congress, Industry Encourage Swift UAS Integration
Plenty of challenges ahead for the industry.

At Congressional hearings on Thursday, leaders from government and industry addressed the ongoing challenges of integrating unmanned aircraft and new generation vertical and takeoff air taxis into the National Airspace System. Citing technological advances in Japan and China, House aviation subcommittee chairman Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) said that the FAA “needed to stay ahead” of new technology such as eVTOLs so the U.S. can maintain its “global leadership in aviation.” This includes devising and implementing a strategy to safely integrate UAS and eVTOLs into the National Airspace System and ensure that counter-UAS systems did not interfere with air traffic control and the avionics of lawfully operated aircraft.