Summary of a Workshop on Integrating Weather into Unmanned Aerial System Traffic Management

Entering a new era of aviation, in which both remotely piloted and fully autonomous small UASs are being used increasingly for commercial, military, and civilian applications, it can be seen that there are just as many similarities as differences between weather impacts on UAS operations and those impacting piloted aircraft.[...]there is a need for a coordinated effort to understand these challenges and requirements.In the latter session, presenters from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s Aviation Weather Research Program (AWRP), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s UAS program, the National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center, the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratories (MIT/LL) described how weather is utilized in existing commercial transport, general aviation, and public sector UAS operations.Based on the application, different missions will have different weather constraints-even when operating in the same environment.Because of the rapid growth of UASs there is a need for developing solutions for deconflicting UAS operations with traditional aviation.