American national security officials have expressed consternation over the increasing number of unauthorized drones flying through restricted areas in the vicinity of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C. Subject drones—the overwhelming majority of which are of Chinese manufacture—represent risks to the safety of the American people and the integrity of America’s national security.
Montana-based uAvionix was recently awarded a contract by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for multiple end-to-end demonstrations of a Frequency Assignment Manager (FAM) as a component of the company’s SkyLine Command and Control Communications Service Provider (C2CSP) management platform. Through the contract, the FAA seeks to assess and verify real-world operations of dynamically allocated FAA protected spectra for UAS operations.
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