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Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Collection: Capabilities and Experience
This list of publications reflects the U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s activities related to the topic of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), including our capabilities and experience.New U.S. DOT Volpe Report: Blockchain for Unmanned Aircraft Systems
In line with its 50-year tradition of advancing transportation innovation for the public good, the U.S. DOT Volpe Center recently published a new report, Blockchain for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, which provides a high-level study of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and their flight operations that...UAS Integration Capabilities
Learn the capabilities the U.S. DOT Volpe Center brings to UAS integration in partnership with the Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Defense, NASA, and others.
Gregory Woo Receives Stanley N. Roscoe Aviation Human Factors Award for Paper on Visual Detection of Small Drones
Gregory Woo, PhD, received the 2018 Stanley N. Roscoe Award from the Aerospace Human Factors Association (AsHFA) on May 7, 2018. Woo is chief of the U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s Aviation Systems Engineering Division. AsHFA presents the Stanley N. Roscoe Award for the best doctoral dissertation...
Safely Integrating Drones into the National Airspace
By 2021, there could be 4 million remotely piloted aircraft—commonly referred to as drones—in the hands of hobbyists and commercial users, according to projections from the Federal Aviation Administration. Safely and efficiently integrating the coming influx of drones into our nation’s...
Here’s How Volpe Helps FAA Lay the Foundation for the Aviation System of the Future
Find out in this new brochure how Volpe experts help the Federal Aviation Administration design, develop, and deploy the aviation system of the future.
How Traditional Aviation Testing Can Inform Unmanned Aerial Technologies
In his award-winning paper, U.S. DOT Volpe Center engineer Seamus McGovern applied traditional flight testing techniques and principles for aircraft designs to fixed-wing and rotary-style drone designs.
What Are the Challenges and Payoffs for UAS to Operate in the National Airspace?
"What Are the Challenges and Payoffs for UAS to Operate in the National Airspace?” by David Barstow. Printed in the Spring 2014 issue of Air Traffic Control. Posted with permission from the Air Traffic Control Association; first published in The Journal of Air Traffic Control.