For almost a year now, NAAA has been working with
Mississippi State University’s (MSU’s) Raspet Flight Research Laboratory (RFRL)
to collect GPS data from ag aircraft to research ways low-level aviators can be
protected from UAVs. The university received some GPS data from NAAA members
earlier this year, however they do not yet have enough data for a comprehensive
analysis.
Your data, when combined with the data of other low-level
aviators, will create a comprehensive computer model that will help advise on
the development of regulations governing the use of UAVs. The data you
provide will be stripped of any personally identifiable information before it
is used for this project and will not be released outside of the RFRL research
team without your express permission. You can read a letter from NAAA and MSU here detailing what your data will be used for and specific instructions on
submitting GPS logs.
GPS logs can be submitted online here (username: raspet-naaa and password: DATA#submission), but online data submissions are
limited to 1 GB. You can also email your files to agdata@raspet.msstate.edu, but
email deliveries are limited to 15 MB. For large deliveries of data please
email a thumb-drive or other external storage device to:
Attn: Madison Dixon
Raspet Flight Research Laboratory- Building 2
114 Airport Road
Starkville, MS 39759
Thank you to everyone who has already provided RFRL with
your GPS logs. NAAA is looking forward to seeing how the university uses the
GPS data to improve safety for manned and unmanned aviation alike.
 Raspet Flight Research Laboratory (RFRL) to collect GPS data from ag aircraft to research ways low-level aviators can be protected from UAVs. The university received some GPS data from NAAA members earlier this year, however they do not yet have enough data for a comprehensive analysis. ){kind=small}
