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Appropriators hear requests tied to UAS test site, VANTAS and Grand Sky; FAA radar data and VANTAS buildout highlighted
Summary
Committee members received a multi-part briefing on the state's UAS ecosystem: Northern Plains test site/VANTAS requests, an FAA radar-data project and Grand Sky enhanced-use lease needs. Staff said some items are also in separate bills and that passage of those bills would affect whether the budget includes the same funding.
Commerce and test-site advocates outlined several UAS-related items that surfaced in the Commerce budget and in separate legislation. Rich and Levi said the Northern Plains UAS test site and VANTAS are closely linked and that a set of funding requests supports technical infrastructure, FAA radar data acquisition, and commercialization efforts at Grand Sky.
Key items discussed:
- FAA radar data/pathfinder: staff and witnesses described a project to acquire FAA radar data that would be used by the state's VANTAS system; the hearing recorded a figure of roughly…
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