NASA Conducts UAS Air Traffic Management ‘Stress Test’

Credit: John Croft/AW&ST
Initial results from a “stress test” of NASA’s unmanned aircraft systems air traffic management (UTM) construct proved successful April 19, when more than 20 UAS flew simultaneously at six FAA-designated test sites in the continental U.S. and Alaska. This was the largest trial to date of the UTM...
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