'The Wright Brothers All Over Again': Cross-Disciplinary Cooperation Drives Unmanned Aerial Systems at UND
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 16:49
in Earth & Climate
University of North Dakota's Aerospace school researchers envision a place for UAS activities away from the world's battlefields and smack dab in the mix of commercial aviation. They and researchers from several other UND departments imagine skies where unmanned aircraft co-exist seamlessly with jumbo airliners, crop dusters, parachutists, and birds. So they've begun working closely with the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Federal Aviation Administration on the many questions pervading unmanned flight.