A technology survey and regulatory gap analysis of UAS technologies for C3

This paper presents a technology survey and regulatory gap analysis for command, control, and communication (C3) technologies for unmanned aircraft systems. The safe integration of UAS into the United States National Airspace System (NAS) presents many challenges to the aviation industry and its regulators. Modifying the existing regulatory framework toward UAS is both time consuming and costly. To aide the airworthiness certification process, regulators need a means of evaluating UAS toward the existing regulation and/or provide guidance toward the demonstration of an equivalent level of safety. UAS manufacturer and their potential customers also desire quick access to the NAS in order to take advantage of the opportunities that UAS provide. This paper presents research to aide regulators by analyzing current regulations to identify issues that must be addressed by identifying gaps between the regulations and current technology.