The Air Force needs greater access to the national airspace to support its developmental sense-and-avoid objectives and projected training requirements for drones, according to a recent report signed by Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall. The April report delivered to Congress on future unmanned aircraft systems training, operations and sustainability states that the demand for airspace to test systems and train UAS operators exceeds current access. Without improved national-airspace access and improved access to special-use airspace, the capabilities of the Air...
