November 17 - 19, 2020 Virtual Workshop
Join us for our fourth workshop where we will focus on current opportunities and challenges to UAS in the National Airspace:
While we await our next full meeting in 2021, this online event will showcase progress reports from Federal partners, new technology capabilities going forward in industry, standardization efforts, and growing the domestic UAS industry with Defense Innovation Unit. By approaching these challenges with a whole-of-Government team, we can leverage successes within our Agencies to accelerate our national UAS enterprise, and focus group resources on shared challenges and new opportunities.
Tuesday, November 17
Theme 1: Federal Agency Focused Updates
Speakers from Federal Agencies below will update the audience on national UAS resources, operational challenges and upcoming opportunities for collaboration.
Wednesday, November 18
Theme 2: Brief Updates on high-altitude, long endurance UAS
Our speakers explore developing UAS missions to the stratosphere
Theme 3: Emerging new technologies
Selected topics on new sensors, new platforms and new tools
Thursday, November 19

Theme 4: Standards to accelerate the national UAS enterprise
Our speakers explore how standards for UAS components and operations can accelerate the UAS enterprise
Theme 5: Re-shoring our UAS industry to serve the Federal community
AUVSI hosts a conversation on achieving NDAA compliant domestic UAS industry
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November 17 - 19, 2020 Virtual Workshop
Join us for our fourth workshop where we will focus on current opportunities and challenges to UAS in the National Airspace:
While we await our next full meeting in 2021, this online event will showcase progress reports from Federal partners, new technology capabilities going forward in industry, standardization efforts, and growing the domestic UAS industry with Defense Innovation Unit. By approaching these challenges with a whole-of-Government team, we can leverage successes within our Agencies to accelerate our national UAS enterprise, and focus group resources on shared challenges and new opportunities.
Logo for the 4th Federal UAS Workshop USGS UAS Pilot Sandy Brosnahan prepares to fly multigas survey at Kilauea Volcano summit. Tuesday, November 17
Theme 1: Federal Agency Focused Updates
Speakers from Federal Agencies below will update the audience on national UAS resources, operational challenges and upcoming opportunities for collaboration.
Wednesday, November 18
Theme 2: Brief Updates on high-altitude, long endurance UAS
Our speakers explore developing UAS missions to the stratosphere
Theme 3: Emerging new technologies
Selected topics on new sensors, new platforms and new tools
Thursday, November 19
Sources/Usage: Some content may have restrictions. Visit Media to see details.A Bramor C4EYE drone built by C-Astral Aerospace on catapult launcher ready for takeoff. This is an example of drones available on DOI’s “Call When Needed” contract to support the 2018 wildfire season. Theme 4: Standards to accelerate the national UAS enterprise
Our speakers explore how standards for UAS components and operations can accelerate the UAS enterprise
Theme 5: Re-shoring our UAS industry to serve the Federal community
AUVSI hosts a conversation on achieving NDAA compliant domestic UAS industry