Sec. 4. Purposes
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The purpose of this Act is to ensure United States leadership in unmanned aircraft systems by— supporting research, development, demonstration, and testing of unmanned aircraft systems in order to— lead in secure and next generation unmanned aircraft systems, including counter-UAS systems; promote further development of facilities and centers available for unmanned aircraft systems research, testing, and education; stimulate research on and promote more rapid development of unmanned aircraft systems; promote domestic manufacturing of unmanned aircraft systems; mitigate supply chain risks; mitigate risks to public safety and national and homeland security; prepare the present and future United States workforce for the integration of unmanned aircraft systems across sectors of the economy; promote the development and adoption of curriculum and research opportunities for unmanned aircraft systems; enable the advanced air mobility systems ecosystem; enhance and accelerate the integration of unmanned aircraft systems into the National Airspace System; improve safety and sustainability of ground transportation; address basic research knowledge gaps; maximize the benefits of unmanned aircraft systems; increase and improve environmental observations and monitoring; and establish a robust data management strategy for scientific data collected by unmanned systems; improving the interagency planning and coordination of Federal research and development of unmanned aircraft systems and maximizing the effectiveness of the Federal Government’s unmanned aircraft systems research and development programs; promoting research and development collaboration among State, local, Tribal, and Federal Governments, National Laboratories, industry, and universities; promoting the development of voluntary consensus standards for unmanned aircraft systems; and supporting development of an advanced air mobility ecosystem in the United States.