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Northeast UAS Airspace

Integration Research Alliance

June 27, 2013

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What is the Northeast UAS AirspaceIntegration Research Alliance(NUAIR)?

We are a regional alliance of private industry,academic institutions and military assets and

operations, working together to establish a FederalAviation Administration-designated test site for

unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the Northeast,based in New York and Massachusetts.

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The Issue:FAA Required to SelectSix UAS Test Sites

January 2012 President Obama signs legislation requiring the FAA to select six

UAS test sites by the end of the year (FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012;

National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2012)

The purpose of the sites is to conduct research, collect data, etc. for 5 years in

order to begin to safely integrate unmanned vehicles and systems into the

National Airspace (NAS)

These sites are where the industry will proliferate, where jobs will be created and

where research and testing will be conducted. Companies, jobs and private and

public sector investment will be attracted to these sites.

New York State, particularly Upstate, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

have the assets and expertise to be selected as one of these sites.

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Timeline February, 2013 FAA releases their Screening Information

Request (SIR)

50 competitors register

May 6, 2013 Deadline for submission of the last of the seven

volumes of the SIR

25 sites complete the application process

December, 2013 FAA deadline to selected six test sites

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Why Compete for a UAS TestSite? 70,000 new jobs nationwide in the UAS industry by 2017; 100,000 by 2025

(According to AUVSI The Economic Impact of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in

the United States)

Retain thousands of existing jobs and attract private sector jobs.

Attract significant research investment to our companies, colleges anduniversities.

Expand our globally competitive sensor and radar industrial base.

NY and MA can meet all the FAA criteria.

NY and MA have political support at the local, state and federal level.

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New York State in Top Ten States to grow jobs industrywide

2,276 jobs, Tax Revenue of $4+ million(Source: AUVSI)

Test Site Jobs for New York State:

468 jobs, $10+ million in tax revenue(Source: AUVSI)

Test Site Jobs for Central New York:

343 jobs, $5.5 million in tax revenue(Hickey and Associates, SIR Economic Assessment)

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Civil and Commercial Applications of UAS Agriculture

Public Safety

Cargo delivery

Fire response

Disaster response Search and Rescue

Flood plain surveillance

Wildlife monitoring

Meteorological research

Accident investigations

More information on non-military applications of UAS can be found

here: http://increasinghumanpotential.org/benefits-of-technology/

Damage assessment

Infrastructure monitoring

Power line surveillance

Broadband communications

Aerial news coverage Flood mapping

Mail and freight transport

Sporting event coverage

Border surveillance

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Ontario Airspace

RestrictedAirspace

HancockInternational

Airport

26 NM

AdirondackAirspace

RestrictedAirspace

R5201

R5203

Ft Drum

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Massachusetts Airspace Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR):

-Otis Air National Guard Base, 102d Intelligence Wing

MMR Airspace and UAS activity

-20 sq mi. restricted airspace adjacent to areas over

water, near Boston flight path

-Adjacent littoral warning area

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NUAIR UAS Test Site AdvantagesExisting Infrastructure

Griffiss International Airport 174th Air National Guard at Hancock Fort Drum Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield Base Air Force Research Labs, Stockbridge and Rome Cyber NY Alliance, Rome Eastern Air Defense Sector, Rome Plattsburgh - - former Air Force Base

Hancock International Airport Seneca Army Depot Massachusetts Military Reservation Otis Air National

Guard Base

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NUAIR UAS Test Site AdvantagesAcademia Rochester Institute of Technology (Lead NY Academic Institution)

Cornell University

Clarkson University

Dowling College

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Cayuga, Jefferson and Onondaga Community Colleges

SUNY Binghamton, Morrisville and Buffalo

SUNY IT

Syracuse University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Lead Mass. Academic Institution)

University of Massachusetts at Lowell Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Northeastern University

Georgia Tech Research Institute

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NUAIR UAS Test Site AdvantagesPrivate Sector Expertise In New York

and Massachusetts: SRC, Inc.

Saab Sensis Corp.

Lockheed Martin (Owego and SalinaOperations)

Anaren

Allred & Associates Propulsive Wing LLC

CalSpan

C&S Engineers

Air Innovations

C Speed

Digicom Research Corp. Sikorsky

MOOG

BAE

PAR Technology Group

Relationships with UAS Industry:

Kaman

Sikorsky

Aurora

Raytheon Command and Control

Mitre Corporation

Association for Unmanned VehicleSystems International (AUVSI)

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NASA Centennial Challenge: UAS Airspace OperationsChallenge

NUAIR applied to host and manage UAS Airspace Operations

Challenge (not selected)

FAA and DOJ joint Common Strategy policy

Policy to allow State and Local Law Enforcement to operate

small UAS to be announced in 2013

NUAIR to facilitate training and certification

NASA UAS into the NAS research

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