Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
UAS Traffic Management Demonstration Flights Successful
The UAS traffic management pilot program has shown that unmanned and manned aircraft can coexist at low altitudes without ATC

Demonstrations of the UAS [traffic management] Pilot Program (UPP) have shown that multiple, beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations can be conducted safely at altitudes below 400 feet in airspace where air traffic services are not provided, the FAA and NASA announced this week. The results from the UPP will provide a proof of concept for UAS traffic management capabilities currently in research and development, and the basis for initial deployment of UTM capabilities by the FAA. In January, the FAA selected three UPP test sites: the Mid Atlantic Aviation Partnership (MAAP) at Virginia Tech; the Northern Plains UAS Test Site (NPUASTS) in Grand Forks, North Dakota; and the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS) in Las Vegas, Nevada.