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Jeffrey Richards, Air Traffic Controller

Representative to ICAO RPAS Panel

Segregation

Accommodation

Integration

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sUAS

• Under 55lbs

• Limited to under 400/500’

• Line of Sight

• See and Avoid

• Daylight Operations

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Small Unmanned Aircraft

Systems

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Lost Link

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Severed or lost Command and Control l ink

Control ler needs to look up procedure

Programmed f l ight plan may need to be changed

If l ink is re-establ ished…then what?

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International Federation of Air Traffic Control lers’ Associations8

SEE AVOID

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International Federation of Air Traffic Control lers’ Associations10

Photo courtesy of NASA

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International Federation of Air Traffic Control lers’ Associations12

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Jeffrey Richards, Air Traffic Controller

Representative to ICAO RPAS Panel