MS joins Pan-Pacific UAS test range

Mississippi has joined the states of Alaska, Oregon, and Hawaii as full members of the University of Alaska Fairbanks-led Pan-Pacific UAS Test Range Complex (PPUTRC) on Nov. 8, one of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) seven Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Test Sites. The Mississippi program will be led by Mississippi State University, and multiple UAS test and evaluation sites throughout the state. MSU is also the lead for the FAA’s UAS Center of Excellence - the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence. PPUTRC is the largest and most diverse of the seven test site programs offering a range of geographic and climactic test conditions, including arctic, tropical, high-desert, mountainous, maritime, controlled urban, and many others. The addition of Mississippi to the program provides local test site capabilities to support UAS stakeholders in the Southeastern United States. (Mississippi State University 11/08/16)