Efforts to Integrate Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS) to Provide Safe and Reliable Research Platforms

Michael C. Hatfield1, Peter W Webley2, Catherine F. Cahill1, Jessica Garron3 and Eyal Saiet II4, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration (ACUASI), Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (2)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (3)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (4)Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration, Fairbanks, AK, United States