Advances in Unmanned Aircraft Technology

5G is a new wireless standard that is set to vastly improve connectivity between people, devices, and things. It is no wonder that rapid advances in network technology are quickly approaching and airports are increasingly challenged to keep up with strategies for the 5G world. Dallas Love Field (DAL) Director of Aviation Mark Duebner and Boingo Senior Vice President of Business Development Doug Lodder will explore how 5G technology will change the airport landscape and cover what executives need to do now to prepare for this new era in wireless.

Achieving application portability has been thultimate goal of system suppliers in military and aerospace over the last decade. Driven by open architectures and open standards through industry and government collaboration, now reference implementations have started to emerge, showing that system separation, integration and safety certification challenges can be overcome in order to manage program affordability.

2019 is shaping up as a critical year for regulatory developments affecting operators of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). In the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, Congress directed the FAA to work faster on setting UAS design standards and opening the airspace to commercial package delivery. Congress also chartered new reports on state and local control of low level airspace and the need for federal privacy laws.

​While commercial aircraft are becoming wider and longer, airport operators struggle for accommodating them at their existing facilities. Indeed, they were often initially designed for the previous generations of airliners (e.g. Boeing 747-100). Join us for an update on the newest aircraft types and their challenges, on the applicable regulatory requirements, and on the flexibility offered by the standards and regulations.