Sec. 501. National Aeronautics and Space Administration activities
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The Administrator, in consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and other Federal agencies, shall direct research and technological development to facilitate the safe integration of unmanned aircraft systems into the National Airspace System, including— positioning and navigation systems; sense and avoid capabilities; secure data and communication links; flight recovery systems; and human systems integration. Section 31504 of title 51, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the following:
Operational flight data derived from these cooperative agreements shall be made available, in appropriate and usable formats, to the Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration for the development of regulatory standards. . It is the policy of the United States Government that the Administration shall work with industry, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and academia to mature and help operationalize unmanned aircraft system traffic management related concepts, architecture, services, and strategic as well as tactical deconfliction to ensure safe integration of unmanned aircraft systems in airspace in presence of other aircraft.
As part of those activities, the Administration shall consider commercial and public good use cases, such as wildfire and disaster monitoring and mitigation, with a primary focus on enabling many simultaneous drone operations beyond visual line of sight. The Administrator shall coordinate with the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, the Director of the National Institutes of Standards and Technology, State, local and Tribal government, and industry on the development of voluntary consensus-based standards to facilitate the incorporation of unmanned aircraft systems into the National Airspace System and decrease the need for regulations.