Special Temporary Authority application - Applicant Name
Name of Applicant:
County of Onieda
Special Temporary Authority application - Best Contact
First Name:
Kevin
Last Name:
Lee
Phone Number:
315-445-5897
Title:
Test Engineer
Special Temporary Authority application - Certification
Applicant certification
Neither the applicant nor any other party to the application is subject to a denial of Federal benefits that includes FCC benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. Section 862, because of a conviction for possession or distribution of a controlled substance. The applicant hereby waives any claim to the use of any particular frequency or electromagnetic spectrum as against the regulatory power of the United States because of the prvious use of the same, whether by license or otherwise, and requests authorization in accordance with this application. (See Section 304 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.) The applicant acknowledges that all statements made in this application and attached exhibits are considered material representations, and that all the exhibits part hereof and are incorporated herein as if set out in full in this application; undersigned certifies that all statements in this application are true, complete and correct to the best of his/her knowledge and belief and are made in good faith. Applicant certifies that construction of the station would NOT be an action which is likely to have a significant environmental effect. See the Commission's Rules, 47 CFR1.1301-1.1319.
Date:
2016-09-13 00:00:00.0
Signature of Applicant (Authorized person filing form):
Kevin Lee
Title of Applicant (if any):
Systems Engineer
Special Temporary Authority application - Explanation
Please explain in the area below why an STA is necessary:
Oneida County, New York, a Government entity is requesting a STA for the Federal Aviation Administrations (FAA) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site at Griffiss International Airport (KRME) in Rome, NY, Griffiss will deploy a Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) six (6) Remote Unit transmitter (RU5) system at Griffiss International Airport and surrounding Oneida County owned 911 facilities in support of the Range Instrumentation project, which will deploying multiple sensors to implement a Ground Based Sense And Avoid (GBSAA) system. The STA is necessary because the WAM system Remote Units (RT) will interrogate on 1030 MHz. The 1030 interrogations are needed to obtain Mode C altitude information and Mode A beacon code information from Mode-S equipped aircraft and UAS in the UAS test range coverage area in order to track and identify these aircraft. These are discrete interrogations (targeted at specific Mode-S addresses) that are transmitted once a squit has been received from an aircrafts transponder. The address from the initial squit is used to periodically schedule the discrete Mode S interrogations. The 1030 interrogations are also used to obtain Mode C altitude and Mode A beacon codes from Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System (ATCRBS) equipped aircraft. These are required in order to acquire and track the ATCRBS equipped aircraft and UAS in the UAS test range at Griffiss. Having the correct height available is pertinent for UAS tracking. ATCRBS interrogations are initiated, without interrogations ATCRBS targets wouldn’t be tracked. Having the ability to track ATCRBS aircraft is pertinent in testing the sense and avoid capabilities of the UAS test site. The interrogations used for ATCRBS equipped aircraft and UAS use a technique called whisper shout that has been utilized using the same remote unit equipment and technology used in the FAA’s ASDE-X and ASSC programs. This equipment has previously obtained NTIA SPS Certification under Control Number SPS-17234/2, ERP-1129, dated November 30, 2012. Per the FAA site visit to Griffiss International Airport on June 7, 2016, it was deemed beneficial to have the WAM system interrogate for research and development purposes. Having the STA in place would allow the Griffiss test site to focus its research on UAS sense and avoid capabilities.
Special Temporary Authority application - Information
Callsign:
WK9XKZ
Class of Station:
FX
Nature of Service:
Experimental
Special Temporary Authority application - Manufacturer
Equipment 1 Experimental
No
Equipment 1 Manufacturer
SAAB Sensis
Equipment 1 Model Number
1030TX
Equipment 1 No. Of Units
6
Special Temporary Authority application - Purpose of Operation
Please explain the purpose of operation:
As part of the Federal Aviation Administrations (FAA) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Key Initiatives, the FAA selected six UAS Research and Test Site operators across the United States. New Yorks Griffiss International Airport (KRME) in Rome, NY was approved for operations on August 7, 2014. Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance (NUAIR Alliance) and Griffiss International Airport are deploying a state-of-the-art WAM system for Range Safety and tracking of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) operations at Griffiss International Airport in Rome, NY and at approved locations in Central and Northern New York, and the New York Mohawk Valley. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ruled that UAS must be able to sense and avoid other aircraft. This project will allow NUAIR and its alliance partners to deploy state-of-the-art range instrumentation that can track UAS in the air and provide safety-enhancing sense-and-avoid capabilities, addressing a current challenge faced by the industry due to the lack of an on-board pilot. This testing capability is the first of its kind at any UAS test site in the country, making Griffiss a strategic location for the emerging UAS industry. The following information is from the FAAs Press Release dated August 7, 2014 regarding the FAAs selection of Griffiss International Airport Selection and its mission: ...“We are accomplishing two important missions with the launch of this test site,” said Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. “The safe integration of unmanned aircraft into the NAS is our number one priority, but the agricultural research performed in Rome also may have far-reaching benefits to farmers in New York and across the nation.” ...The Griffiss team also plans to work on developing test and evaluation processes under FAA safety oversight, and conduct research on sense and avoid capabilities to prevent collisions with other manned and unmanned aircraft. “The data the Griffiss team plans to acquire and share will help the FAA in researching the complexities of integrating UAS into the congested Northeast airspace,” said FAA Administrator Michael Huerta. In order to meet the mission identified by the FAA, the authorization of the WAM system to transmit on 1030MHz is critical to the success of the project.
Special Temporary Authority application - Requested Period of Operation