§ 1044. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM AND ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
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In General .— Consistent with the research plan in section 1043, the Administrator, in coordination with the Administrator of NASA and other Federal agencies, shall carry out and support research, development, testing, and demonstration activities and technology transfer, and activities to facilitate the transition of such technologies into application to enable advanced air mobility and unmanned aircraft systems and to facilitate the safe integration of advanced air mobility and unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system, in areas including— beyond visual-line-of-sight operations; command and control link technologies; development and integration of unmanned aircraft system traffic management into the national airspace system; noise and other societal and environmental impacts; informing the development of an industry consensus vehicle-to-vehicle standard; safety, including collisions between advanced air mobility and unmanned aircraft systems of various sizes, traveling at various speeds, and various other crewed aircraft or various parts of other crewed aircraft of various sizes and traveling at various speeds; and detect-and-avoid capabilities.
Duplicative Research and Development Activities .— The Administrator shall ensure that research and development and other activities conducted under this section do not duplicate other Federal activities related to the integration of unmanned aviation systems or advanced air mobility. Lessons Learned .— The Administrator shall apply lessons learned from unmanned aircraft systems research, development, demonstration, and testing to advanced air mobility systems. Research on Approaches to Evaluating Risk .— The Administrator shall conduct research on approaches to evaluating risk in emerging vehicles, technologies, and operations for unmanned aircraft systems and advanced air mobility systems.
Such research shall include— defining quantitative metrics, including metrics that may support the Administrator in making determinations, and research to inform the development of requirements, as practicable, for the operations of certain unmanned aircraft systems, as described under section 44807 of title 49 , United States Code; developing risk-based processes and criteria to inform the development of regulations and certification of complex operations, to include autonomous beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations, of unmanned aircraft systems of various sizes and weights, and advanced air mobility systems; and considering the utility of performance standards to make determinations under section 44807 of title 49 , United States Code.
Report .— Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this Act [ May 16, 2024 ], the Administrator shall submit to the covered committees of Congress a report on the actions taken by the Administrator to implement provisions under this section that includes— a summary of the costs and results of research under subsection (a)(6); a description of plans for and progress toward the implementation of research and development under subsection (d); a description of the progress of the FAA in using research and development to inform FAA certification guidance and regulations of— large unmanned aircraft systems, including those weighing more than 55 pounds; and extended autonomous and remotely piloted operations beyond visual line of sight in controlled and uncontrolled airspace; and a current plan for full operational capability of unmanned aircraft systems traffic management, as described in section 376 the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 [ Pub. L. 115–254 ] ( 49 U.S.C. 44802 note).
Parallel Efforts.— In general .— Research and development activities under this section may be conducted concurrently with the deployment of technologies outlined in
(a)and in carrying out the [sic] this title and title IX [of Pub. L. 118–63 ; see Tables for classification]. Rule of construction .— Nothing in this section shall be construed to delay appropriate actions to deploy the technologies outlined in subsection (a), including the deployment of beyond visual-line-of-sight operations of unmanned aircraft systems, or delay the Administrator in carrying out this title and title IX, or limit FAA use of existing risk methodologies to make determinations pursuant to section 44807 of title 49 , United States Code, prior to completion of relevant research and development activities. Practices and regulations .— The Administrator shall, to the maximum extent practicable, use the results of research and development activities conducted under this section to inform decisions on whether and how to maintain or update existing regulations and practices, or whether to establish new practices or regulations.
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FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM AND ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
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