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FAA test sites NUAIR Alliance Photos courtesy of Clarkson University and Sean P. Shea 28 unmanned systems inside Spring 2014 TEST RANGES INCLUDE Griffi ss International Airport in New York state and Joint Base Cape Cod in Massachusetts plus other locations on a case-by- case basis. 2 THE STATES OF NEW YORK AND MASSACHUSETTS are collaborating to support research on unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) through the non-profit Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research (NUAIR) Alliance. Working under Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) oversight, NUAIR will help develop processes for UAS testing, evaluation, verification and valida- tion. The Syracuse-based group will also support work on sense-and-avoid technologies and tech- niques for integrating unmanned aircraft into the congested Northeast airspace. Though testing can potentially take place anywhere in the region with FAA approval the two main ranges are located at Griffiss Inter- national Airport in Rome, New York and Joint Base Cape Cod in Massachusetts about 55 miles The Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research (NUAIR) Alliance leads a consortium of more than 50 universities, companies and facilities supporting testing on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in New York and Massachusetts. The group includes fi rms like Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Helios as well as research organizations such as Draper Laboratory and the Air Force Research Labs Information Directorate. More than 20 colleges and universities contribute to NUAIR. 1 THE TEAM New York TESTING AND EVALUATION around the region. They are led by the Roches- ter Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, New York, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts RIT researchers have worked on a range of UAS technologies including autonomous navigation and image processing and techniques for improving battlefield drones. They also have "developed some very spectacular imaging sensors," said Brinker. The research at MIT includes work on new materials, control interfaces and even the development of small quad-copters to act as guides on the MIT campus. MIT scientists will test their designs on the 22,000 acres of Joint Base Cape Cod, which stretches to parts of Bourne, Falmouth, Mashpee and Sandwich. MassDevelopment, the state's finance and development authority, will manage the facility, which was formerly known as the Massachusetts Military Reservation.