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U.S. Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Integration, Oversight, and Competitiveness U.S. UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS: INTEGRATION, OVERSIGHT, AND COMPETITIVENESS (113–84) HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION DECEMBER 10, 2014 Printed for the use of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ( Available online at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/ committee.action?chamber=house&committee=transportation U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 91–735 PDF WASHINGTON : 2015 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:22 Feb 18, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 P:\HEARINGS\113\AV\12-10-~1\91735.TXT JEAN COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania, Chairman DON YOUNG, Alaska NICK J. RAHALL, II, West Virginia THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee, Columbia Vice Chair JERROLD NADLER, New York JOHN L. MICA, Florida CORRINE BROWN, Florida FRANK A. LOBIONDO, New Jersey EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas GARY G. MILLER, California ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland SAM GRAVES, Missouri RICK LARSEN, Washington SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, West Virginia MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan TIMOTHY H. BISHOP, New York DUNCAN HUNTER, California MICHAEL H. MICHAUD, Maine ERIC A. ‘‘RICK’’ CRAWFORD, Arkansas GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California LOU BARLETTA, Pennsylvania DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois BLAKE FARENTHOLD, Texas TIMOTHY J. WALZ, Minnesota LARRY BUCSHON, Indiana STEVE COHEN, Tennessee BOB GIBBS, Ohio ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey PATRICK MEEHAN, Pennsylvania DONNA F. EDWARDS, Maryland RICHARD L. HANNA, New York JOHN GARAMENDI, California DANIEL WEBSTER, Florida ANDRE´ CARSON, Indiana STEVE SOUTHERLAND, II, Florida JANICE HAHN, California JEFF DENHAM, California RICHARD M. NOLAN, Minnesota REID J. RIBBLE, Wisconsin ANN KIRKPATRICK, Arizona THOMAS MASSIE, Kentucky DINA TITUS, Nevada STEVE DAINES, Montana SEAN PATRICK MALONEY, New York TOM RICE, South Carolina ELIZABETH H. ESTY, Connecticut MARKWAYNE MULLIN, Oklahoma LOIS FRANKEL, Florida ROGER WILLIAMS, Texas CHERI BUSTOS, Illinois MARK MEADOWS, North Carolina SCOTT PERRY, Pennsylvania RODNEY DAVIS, Illinois MARK SANFORD, South Carolina DAVID W. JOLLY, Florida SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION FRANK A. LOBIONDO, New Jersey, Chairman THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin RICK LARSEN, Washington HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas SAM GRAVES, Missouri MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts BLAKE FARENTHOLD, Texas DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois LARRY BUCSHON, Indiana STEVE COHEN, Tennessee PATRICK MEEHAN, Pennsylvania ANDRE´ CARSON, Indiana RICHARD L. HANNA, New York RICHARD M. NOLAN, Minnesota DANIEL WEBSTER, Florida DINA TITUS, Nevada JEFF DENHAM, California SEAN PATRICK MALONEY, New York REID J. RIBBLE, Wisconsin CHERI BUSTOS, Illinois THOMAS MASSIE, Kentucky CORRINE BROWN, Florida STEVE DAINES, Montana ELIZABETH H. ESTY, Connecticut ROGER WILLIAMS, Texas NICK J. RAHALL, II, West Virginia MARK MEADOWS, North Carolina (Ex Officio) RODNEY DAVIS, Illinois, Vice Chair BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania (Ex Officio) (II) VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:22 Feb 18, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 P:\HEARINGS\113\AV\12-10-~1\91735.TXT JEAN CONTENTS Page Summary of Subject Matter .................................................................................... v TESTIMONY Margaret Gilligan, Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety, Federal Avia- tion Administration .............................................................................................. 19 Matthew E. Hampton, assistant inspector general for aviation, U.S. Depart- ment of Transportation ........................................................................................ 19 Gerald L. Dillingham, Ph.D., Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office ...................................................................... 19 Captain Lee Moak, president, Air Line Pilots Association, International .......... 19 Jesse Kallman, head of business development and regulatory affairs, Airware 19 Nicholas Roy, Ph.D., associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics, Mas- sachusetts Institute of Technology ..................................................................... 19 PREPARED STATEMENTS AND ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS FOR THE RECORD SUBMITTED BY WITNESSES Margaret Gilligan: Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 55 Answers to questions for the record from the following Representatives: Hon. Frank A. LoBiondo, of New Jersey ................................................. 64 Hon. John J. Duncan, Jr., of Tennessee .................................................. 66 Hon. Eric A. ‘‘Rick’’ Crawford, of Arkansas ............................................. 68 Hon. Richard L. Hanna, of New York ..................................................... 69 Hon. Eleanor Holmes Norton, of the District of Columbia .................... 71 Matthew E. Hampton: Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 73 Answers to questions for the record from Hon. Frank A. LoBiondo, a Representative in Congress from the State of New Jersey ....................... 86 Gerald L. Dillingham, Ph.D.: Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 88 Answers to questions for the record from Hon. Frank A. LoBiondo, a Representative in Congress from the State of New Jersey ....................... 110 Captain Lee Moak, prepared statement ................................................................ 114 Jesse Kallman: Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 124 Answer to question for the record from Hon. Frank A. LoBiondo, a Representative in Congress from the State of New Jersey ....................... 128 Nicholas Roy, Ph.D.: Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 133 Answers to questions for the record from Hon. Frank A. LoBiondo, a Representative in Congress from the State of New Jersey ....................... 137 SUBMISSION FOR THE RECORD Hon Rick Larsen, a Representative in Congress from the State of Washington, request to submit the written statement of Lillian Z. Ryals, senior vice president, The MITRE Corporation, and general manager, MITRE’s Center for Advanced Aviation System Development ..................................................... 5 ADDITIONS TO THE RECORD Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, written statement of Mark Baker, president ............................................................................................................... 140 Modovolate Aviation, LLC, joint written statement of Henry H. Perritt, Jr., chief executive officer, and Eliot O. Sprague, chief operating officer .............. 144 (III) VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:22 Feb 18, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 P:\HEARINGS\113\AV\12-10-~1\91735.TXT JEAN IV Page National Agricultural Aviation Association, written statement of Andrew D. Moore, executive director ..................................................................................... 149 VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:22 Feb 18, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 P:\HEARINGS\113\AV\12-10-~1\91735.TXT JEAN v VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:22 Feb 18, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\HEARINGS\113\AV\12-10-~1\91735.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 1 here 91735.001 vi VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:22 Feb 18, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\HEARINGS\113\AV\12-10-~1\91735.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 2 here 91735.002 vii VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:22 Feb 18, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\HEARINGS\113\AV\12-10-~1\91735.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 3 here 91735.003 viii VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:22 Feb 18, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\HEARINGS\113\AV\12-10-~1\91735.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 4 here 91735.004 ix VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:22 Feb 18, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\HEARINGS\113\AV\12-10-~1\91735.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 5 here 91735.005 x VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:22 Feb 18, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\HEARINGS\113\AV\12-10-~1\91735.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 6 here 91735.006 xi VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:22 Feb 18, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\HEARINGS\113\AV\12-10-~1\91735.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 7 here 91735.007 VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:22 Feb 18, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\HEARINGS\113\AV\12-10-~1\91735.TXT JEAN U.S. UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS: INTEGRATION, OVERSIGHT, AND COMPETITIVENESS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2014 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION, COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:01 a.m., in Room 2167, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Frank A. LoBiondo (Chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Mr. LOBIONDO. Good morning. The committee will come to order.
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