USU AggieAir takes to a world stage this summer at NASA-led event

USU AggieAir, Utah State University’s unmanned aerial organization, steps onto the world stage this summer at an airspace event in Reno, Nevada.

Dr. Cal Coopmans is the AggieAir Director.

“What will happen is a demonstration of many unmanned aerial vehicles/drones all flying at the same time over Reno, Nevada and surrounding air space,” Dr. Coopmans explained. “What it means to be invited is that we are among the top unmanned aerial flyers in the world and we’re flying with the likes of GE, Uber, Drone America and other leaders in unmanned aerial systems.”

AggieAir will join almost three dozen other organizations to test their vehicles in this NASA-led operation.

The goal is to test these unmanned vehicles beyond line of sight capabilities. That means operating drones without having the pilot’s eyes on the aircraft.

Dr. Coopmans said AggieAir has 15 students in the program helping to build these aerial vehicles that can carry cameras as their payload.

AggieAir was first conceived in 2006 at the Utah Water Research Laboratory where it continues to function.

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