NASA TCL 2 – NIAS Partner description and UTM contribution:

Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems – on behalf of the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic
Development, NIAS helps to grow the Autonomous Systems Industry through business teaming,
partnerships, research and development, and education awareness to bring in business and jobs to the
State of Nevada. NIAS plans Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) collects Big Data, develops airspace and
ground control measures, and recommends lessons learned to the FAA and NASA to facilitate full and
safe UAS into the National Airspace (NAS) by February 2017 and across Nevada highway and road lines
of operations. NIAS grows the Nevada Autonomous Systems focused businesses as well as other
industry support businesses; shares autonomous system knowledge and lessons learned throughout the
Nevada and U.S. Autonomous System Community; conducts original R & D or promotes it with
stakeholders; and helps to develop business opportunities in Nevada and abroad. NIAS seeks to anchor
the Nevada Autonomous Systems Industry growth to innovative research and development across all
industries and disciplines. Keep the business process simple, agile, and highly resilient to help grow the
Nevada Autonomous Systems Industry. NIAS enhances the Autonomous Industry reality that Nevada is
the location of choice for startups and established businesses and their future growth. NIAS also helps
reduce barriers to business growth, creates a safe airspace and ground transportation operational
environment, and positions Nevada as the premier UAS industry choice for innovative research and
development and full operational integration into the NAS and highway infrastructure with other
manned airspace and commercial vehicle users. NIAS also manages the Nevada FAA designated UAS
Test Site and ground and air operations for NASA TCL 2 at Reno Stead airport.

Reno Tahoe Airport Authority - The Reno-Stead Airport (RTS) is the home of Northern Nevada’s FAA
designated UAS Test Range. RTS provides a variety of unique testing conditions for UAS development
including, but not limited to, uncontrolled airspace, abundant open space, easy access for any business,
basin and range topography, variable weather, educated workforce, and existing infrastructure. These
testing conditions have positioned RTS on the forefront of research and development, testing, and
manufacturing to compliment efforts by our partners to include NASA, NIAS, and the University of
Nevada, Reno. Reno-Stead Airport is proud to host NASA’s TCL1 and TCL2 testing activities.

NAASIC - University of Nevada Reno - Nevada Advanced Autonomous Systems Innovation Center
(NAASIC) is the business development arm of the University of Nevada, Reno, focused on serving as a
catalyst for innovative business and the development of a technologically advanced workforce. NAASIC
connects entrepreneurs and business owners with the resources of a research University with
substantial interdisciplinary expertise in autonomous systems. In partnership with NASA, NAASIC
developed the Nevada Unmanned, Autonomous & Next Gen Collaborative Environment (NUANCE) Lab
and continues to provide UTM connectivity support for NASA partners.

Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development - Created during the 2011 session of the Nevada
Legislature, the Governor’s Office of Economic Development is the result of a collaborative effort
between the Nevada Legislature and Governor Brian Sandoval to restructure economic development in
the state. GOED’s role is to promote a robust, diversified and prosperous economy in Nevada, to
stimulate business expansion and retention, encourage entrepreneurial enterprise, attract new
businesses and facilitate community development
Commercial Partners:
AirMap - AirMap is the world’s leading airspace management platform for drones, supporting more than
100,000 drone flights per day. Millions of drones, hundreds of drone manufacturers and developers, and
hundreds of airspace managers and stakeholders rely on AirMap’s airspace intelligence and services to
fly safely and communicate with others in low-altitude airspace. With solutions for Unmanned Traffic
Management, geofencing, remote identification, deconfliction, and more, AirMap is helping to create
the next frontier of flight.

Carbon Autonomous - Carbon Autonomous produces unmanned systems enhanced by seamless data
analysis and visualization systems, and is guided by a team of experts with decades of combined
experience in related fields. Unmanned systems designed for what you need. Our initial product
offering, the CA1, is an ultra-high endurance unmanned aerial vehicle, designed to stay aloft for
continuous operation throughout a 12 hour duty day. No toys, no gimmicks, just a rugged tool designed
to get the job done.

Drone America - Drone America is a proud participant in a Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems
(NIAS) led NASA Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) program here at the Reno Stead Airport. The
safe integration of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) INTO the National Airspace (NAS) is critical to the
future of this industry. Drone America is fortunate to call Nevada our home. Working in a State that is
very supportive and business friendly makes a tremendous difference to our future sustainability. Our
partnership with NIAS and NASA will not only contribute to successful testing, it will pave the way for
future generations to experience the true value of autonomous systems.

Flirtey - Flirtey is the world's leading drone delivery service, with a mission to save lives and change
lifestyles by making delivery instant. Flirtey was the first company to conduct an FAA-approved delivery
in the U.S., the first to perform a fully autonomous drone delivery to a home and the first to launch a
commercial drone delivery service. Flirtey's landmark achievements have been recognized by the
Smithsonian Institution for display at its Air and Space Museum, which accepted a Flirtey drone to join
other iconic American aircraft, including the Space Shuttle Discovery and the Wright Flyer, on display at
the museum.

Flyspan Systems - Flyspan partnered with NASA to demonstrate its new Flyview.io software at the UTM
test. Flyspan is showing how its software, Flyview.io, can be used as a traffic management solution.
Flyview.io works by collecting and visualizing real-time data from multiple drones. Flyspan is working
with several UTM partners to provide real time data sources during the test. Flyspan is developing its
software to be an enterprise solution for UAS Traffic Management and real time decision making.

Gryphon Sensors - Gryphon is proud to be collaborating with NASA on UTM – UAS Traffic Management.
Building on its legacy in air traffic management for commercial aircraft, NASA is leading the charge in
researching prototype technologies for a UTM system that will develop airspace integration
requirements to enable safe, efficient low-altitude operations. High-level objectives include;
operational rules and guidelines, UAS requirements, CNS requirements, Airspace management
requirements and Data services, interfaces and architecture requirements.

Gryphon is working with NASA and more than 200 industry collaborators on four Technical Capability
Airspace Management Demonstrations (TCL 1-4) between 2015 and 2019. Each of the planned
demonstrations builds on the prior capabilities to show BVLOS CONOPS and performance in increasingly
complex environments including rural, urban, high traffic, shared airspace and contingency operations.
Results of research in the form of airspace integration requirements are expected to be transferred from
NASA to the FAA in 2019 for further testing.

Harris - Harris Corporation deployed its RangeVue and ADS-B Xtend systems, and combined data from a
local primary radar to provide an integrated unmanned and manned aircraft surveillance solution. This
was in support of NIAS’ UAS flight tests under the NASA UTM initiative. The Harris solution created a
composite picture of FAA NAS-wide Next Gen surveillance data and incorporated local sensors to
provide enhanced airspace awareness for mission operators at the Nevada test site.