November 16, 2015

U.S. Department ofTransportation, Docket**Operation~:.** West Building Ground Floor, Room w12-140

- 1200 NewJersey Avenue, S.E. Washington, DC 20590

Petitioner:

Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. Richard P. Celender, Vice President 333 Baldwin Road Pittsburgh, PA 15205 Phone: 412-429-2324 Email: rcelender@cecinc.com Website: www.cecinc.com

Subject: Application to Amend Section 333 Exemption No. 12371 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2015-1971 Civil &Environmental Consultants,Inc.

By letter from the FAA dated August 6, 2015, an exemption was granted to Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) for reliefunder Section 333. That letter was marked Section 333 Exemption No. 12371 Regulatory DocketNo. FAA-2015-1971.

CEC is requesting amendmentto their existing 333 exemption as listed and described below. The purpose for the amendment is to add additional unmanned aerial system (UAS) platforms to enhance the delivery of the services listed in our existing 333 exemption. The amendment will serve to increase the functionality and usefulness ofUAS and the increased functionality will serve to create safer working environments in the industries in which they are deployed. Granting this request will result in no change in the conditions and reasons relative to public interest and safety that were the basis for granting the original exemption.

Additional Aircraft

CEC would like to add additional UAS to ourexisting exemption. The new aircrafts are listed below:

Aircraft 1 Manufacturer: DJI Model No.: DJI Phantom 3 Models

DJI has announced they will discontinue the Phantom 2 Vision model which was approved in CEC's Exemption No. 12371. The size, weight, and performance specification ofthe DJI Phantom 3 ("P3") are substantially similar to those ofthe DJI Phantom 2 Vision ("P2") in all relevant respects. The findings, rationale and conclusions contained in the FAA's Exemption No. 12371 can be applied without

. modification to this application to include the DJI Phantom 3 models.

333 Baldwin Road 

## I Pittsburgh, PA 15205 

## I p: 412-429-2324 f: 412-429-21 14 

## I www.cecinc.comApplication to Amend Section 333 Exemption No. 12371 Regulatory DocketNo. FAA-2015-1971 November 16, 2015 Page 2

Aircraft2 Manufacturer: senseFly Model No.: eBee RTK

SenseFly has constructed a vehicle with additional features and longer air time than the DJI Phantom 2 Vision listed on the 333 exemption. The eBee RTK UAS is designed primarily for aerial photography to produce orthomosaics and 3D models applications. The eBee RTK UAS meets all weight, speed, and other criteria as set forth in more detail in the 333 exemption. The findings, rationale and conclusions contained in the FAA's Exemption No. 12371 can be applied without modification to this application to include the eBee RTK UAS.

Aircraft 3 Manufacturer: senseFiy Model No.: eXam

The senseFly eXom is an intelligent rotary UAS designed for close mapping and industrial inspection applications. It is equipped with an autopilot and GPS. It features a fully stabilized TripleView (HD video, 38 MP still, thermal) camera head, five navcam sensors and five ultrasonic proximity sensors. The eXam meets all weight, speed, and other criteria as set forth in more detail in the 333 exemption. The findings, rationale and conclusions contained in the FAA's Exemption No. 12371 can be applied without modification to this application to include the eXom UAS.

Additional Aircraft

In addition to the above platforms, CEC respectfully requests that all UAS platforms previously approved by the FAA for commercial operations in the United States be added to our existing exemption that comply with the findings, rationale, and conclusions contained in the FAA's Exemption No. 12371, without modification to Exemption No. 12371. A list of requested UAS platforms to be added to our exemption is appended as Attachment 1for yourreference.

By adding the above platforms CECwill be positioned to provide its clients with a seamless transition from platform to platform as needs arise. This will position CEC to adaptto market needs more fluidly as they develop and assure a safe, compliant, UAS program is maintained. Thankyou for your consideration ofthis importantrequest. Please advise us ofany additional informationthat is required.

Sincerely,

Richard P. Celender, C.E.T., CPESC, CPSWQ Vice President

Attachments

Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. 0 Vice President Corp rate Counsel

USDOT-Applicationto Amend-!**0~**15-15/P1. 2AgEagle 2. 3D Robotics Aero-M 3. 3D Robotics Iris 4. 3D Robotics Iris+ 5. 3D Robotics X8 6. 3DRobotics Fixed Wing 7. 3DRoboticsMultirotor 8. 3DRobotics Quadrotor 9. 3DR Solo 10. 3DR Spektre UAS PLATFORMS ATTACHMENT 1

11. 3DRobotics Spektre Industrial Multi-Rotor Aerial Vehicle 12. 3D Robotics Solo 13. 3DRoboticsX8+ 14. 3D Robotics X8-M 15. 3D Robotics Y6 16. Aerial Mob Heavy Lifter 17. Aerial Mob LightLifter 18. Aerial Remote Mineral Detection System (ARMDS) 19. Aerialtronics Zenith with intergrated Airware system 20. Aerialtronics Altura Zenith ATX8 21. Aerigon 22. Aerobo 23. AeroCine Kopterworx Hammer X12 24. Aeromao AeroMapper 300 25. Aeromao Talon 26. Aeromao Aeromapper 300 27. Aeromao Aeromapper EV-2 28. AeroVironment Shrike 29. AeroVironment Puma 30. Aeronavics X4 Titanium 31. Aeryon Sky Ranger 32. Aervonics Sky Jib frame with a DJI A2 flight system 33. Aero-M 34. Aeryon Scout 35. Aeryon SkyRanger 36. AgEagle 37. AgEagle Robotic 38. AgScout 39. AgScout Mini 40. Agribotix Hornet Drone 41. AgribotixEnduro Quad 42. AgriView VK RangerEX 43. Aibot 44. Aibotix X-6 45. Air RoverAR-3000

Page 1of8

### 46. AirCover QR-425s 47. AirRobotAR 180 48. AirRobotAR 100 49. AirRobot AR200 50. Air-X 51. Align M690 52. Altavian Nova 53. AltavianNovaF6500 54. AltavianNova R8400 55. Altus X-4 56. Altus X-8 57. American Drones, LLC Eagle 58. Apprentice 59. Arch Aerial OCTO multi-rotorUAS 60. Arris hexacoper 61. AR-960 HexRotor 62. AR-540 QuadRotor 63. ARF-MikroKopter OktoXL 64. ARF-MikroKopter OktoXL

### + 65. ArrowLite 66. AscTec Falcon 67. AscTec Falcon 8 VAS PLATFORMS ATTACHMENT 1



### 68. Astraeus Aerial Cinema System V.3CS 69. Atlantic RC AircraftLC04 70. Auburn Trimble UX5 71. Auburn WarEagle 72. Auburn EasyStar 73. Auburn 74. AV44 75. Bixler3DRPlane 76. Blade 350QX 77. Bixler2 78. Boomerang Carbon Fiber Frame (The Identified System) 79. Bormatec MajaUAV 80. BOSHTechnologies Super Swiper 81. Bumblebee-S 82. C-Astral BramorgEO 83. CarbonCore Octocopter 1 000 84. Carbon Core Cortex Quadcopter 85. CCO w/Wkm M 86. Chameleon Pro 87. CinesStar 88. Cinestar 6 89. CinestarX8 90. Cinestar 8 91. Cinestar 8HL

Page 2 of8

### 92. Cinestar 8Okto XL 93. Coaxial Quad MultirotorVA01-V1 94. Coaxial Quad MultirotorVA02-V2 VAS PLATFORMS ATTACHMENT 1



### 95. CopelandRED LLC DeltaWing Aircraft 96. CyberQuadMaxi 97. DJI Flame Wheel F450 98. DJI Flame WheelF550 99. DAx8 100. DJI Inspire 1 01. DJI Inspire 1 102. DJI Inspire 2 103. DJI MP330z 104. DJI Phantom 105. DJI Phantom 1 106. DJIPhantom 2 1 07. DJIPhantom 2+ 108. DJI Phantom 2Vision 109. DJI Phantom 2Vision+ 110. DJI Phantom Vision+ 111. DJIPhantom 3 112. DJI Phantom FC40 113. DJI SpreadingWings S900 114. DJI Spreading Wings S1000 115. DJI SpreadingWings S1000+ 116. DJI S800 117. DJI S800 EVO 118. DJI T600 119. Draganflyer Guardian 120. DraganflyerX4ES 121. DraganflyerX 4 P 122. DraganflyerX6 123. DT-18 124. DYS D800-X8 125. Eagle VTOL 126. Eagle V2 127. E-Flite Apprentice 128. Event 38 E384 129. F-450 130. Falcon VTOL 131. Fire Fly 6 132. FirstAerial Responder UAV 133. Flame Wheel G4 7.8 Skycrane 134. Flying-Cam 3.0 SARAH 135. Foxtech Kraken 130 V2 136. FreeFly Systems ALTA RTF 137. FreeFly Systems OctocopterAirframe (Legacy)

Page 3 of8138. G4 139. G4 models 140. GeoStar 141. GerMAP G220 142. GerMAP G180 143. goFarm GF-1 144. Gryphon Dynamics X8 145. GT80X 146. Harris 18 HL 147. HEFF 148. Helicopters West DJI Inspire 149. Helicopters West SkyJib 8 150. Helios 960 151. Hawkeye Mk-III 152. HexaCrafterHC-1100 85. 153. HexaCrafterH0-1250 154. HH Blade 350QX2 AP UAS PLATFORMS ATTACHMENT 1

155. Hobbyking "Bixler" Fixed Wing Trainer 156. HoneyComb AgDrone 157. Horizon Hobby Blade 350 Qx2 quadcopter 158. Hoverfly LiveSky, BigSky 60 and H-Frame 159. Hubsan X4 micro drone 160. HVP 14301 Multi Rotor 161. Identified System 162. IMT Global xFold Cinema 163. Indago 164. InovalDrone:Inova One 165. InstantEye Mk-2 166. InstantEye Mk-2 Gen2 167. Intuitive Aerial Aeragon 168. K130 Octocopter 169. KongCopterX8 170. Kopterworx Hammer X12 171. Latitude HQ-4 Hybrid Multirotor 172. LB700 173. Leading Edge Precision Vision 10 174. Leptron Avenger 175. Lewis Realty Associates Hexacopter 650 176. Liberty 1 1 

### 77. Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk 

### III 178. Lockheed Martin Indago 1

79. Matrixquad copter 180. MaxFlight 181. MD4-200 182. MD4-1000 183. Mikrokopter 2.5

Page 4of8·184. MLB Company SuperBat 185. MU-1H 186. MultirotorG4 7.8 Skycrane 187. Nighthawk 188. NighthawkVTOL 189. OktoXL 6S12 190. PAG X4 191. Parksone Radian RTF 192. Parrot Bebop drone 

### UASPLATFORMS ATTACHMENT 1

193. ParrotPF 725100 Bebop Drone 14MP 194. Parrot Skycontroller 195. Patriot X4 196. Patriot X8 197. FinwingPenguin V2 198. BirdseyeviewFireFly 6 199. Phoenix 200. Phoenix VTOL 201. Phoenix 60 202. Phoenix 60LE 203. Pixhawk 204. Precision Drone Pacesetter 205. PrecisionHawk 206. PrecisionHawkHawkeye Mk-III 207. PrecisionHawkLancaster 208. Precision Lancaster MK3 209. PrioriaHex 210. Prioria's Maveric 211. Pulse Aerospace, PA 01Vapor 212. Pulse Aerospace PulseVapor 35 213. Pulse Vapor 214. Puma AE DDL 215. PV 14817 Multi Rotor 216. PVHLl 217. PVHL2 218. Q1 21-9. QuadcopterLLC MikroKopter 220. QuietUAV 221. Qube 222. RIC Rotors and Aerial Media: MatrixProf. Multi RotorFrame & Octo Heavy LiftProf. Multi Rotor 223. Frame Ronin Edition Microdrones:MD4-1000 224. RCTimerHexacopter 225. RDASS 226. REHawk 500 227. REHawk 680 228. RF-70

Page 5 of8

### •

VAS PLATFORMS ATTACHMENT I

229. Riegl RiCopter 230. RITEWING Z3 Spade 47" 231. Ritewing Drake 60" 232. RITEWING Z3 Spade 70" 233. RITEWING Z4 Spade 52" 234. RMAX 235. Roboflight 236. Rotomotion SR-15 237. RVJet 238. ScoutX4 239. SD02 240. Seahawk 1.2 241. SelectTech Geospacial's EH-4 242. SenseFly eBee 243. SenseFly eBee RTK 244. SenseFly eXom 245. Sensurion Magpie MP-1 246. Service-Drone Recon One 247. Service-Drone Blackbird 248. SH 900 249. ShadowHawk 250. Shrike 251. Sirius 252. SkyCatch 253. SkyJib 8 v.2 Heavy Lifter 254. SkyPhillyMI 255. Skywalker Aero 256. SkywalkerFlying Wing X8 257. SnapRoll Media SUAS 258. Solutions Phoenix 30 259. SteadiDrone 260. Steadidrone Quad 261. Steadydrone QU4D 262. SteadidroneMavik 263. SuperX/P2 Multirotor 264. Swift Radioplanes Lynx 265. Tali 500 266. Talon 120LE 267. Tarot FY690S Hexacopter 268. Tarot quadcopter 269. Tarot 680pro 270. Tarot 690 271. Tarot900 272. Tarot 960 273. TarotT-15 274. TarotT15 C/F Folding Octocopter

Page 6 of8

### •

VAS PLATFORMS ATTACHMENT 1



### 275. TarotT18 UAV 276. TarotT690 277. TarotT810 278. TarotT960 279. Tarsier Systems MoAC 280. Tayzu Robotics Titan X8 281. TBS DiscoveryPro 282. Team Black Sheep Discovery Pro Tarot T15 283. T-Rex 700E F3C 284. TREX 800E DFC PRO 285. Trimble UX5 286. Trimble UX5 hp 287. Trimble ZX5 288. TurningyTalon 500 289. TUP X8-800 290. Turbo Ace'ciNE WING 6 291. TurboAceMatrix-G quadcopter 292. Turbo Ace matrix-E 293. Turbo Ace MATRJX-1 294. UAV Solutions Phoenix 60 295. Universeye Penguin 296. Unmanned Flying Rolling Orb "UFRO" 297. US2 GreenHawk 298. UtiliCopterITX8 299. VA03-vl 300. VA04-v1 301. VA07-v1 302. VikingUAS Multicopter (VTOL) 303. VikingUAS FF-X4/X8 304. VK-Patriot X4/X8 305. VikingUAS PatriotX4/X8 Multirotor 306. VikingUAS X6 Model 800 307. Viking UAS Viking ONE 308. VK-450 309. VikingUnmanned Aerial Systems, LLC AgriViewVKRangerEX 310. VikingVK-FF-X4 311. VK- RangerEX- SARFixed Wing UAS 312. VolantexRaptorTarotT-18 313. VoltAerial Robotics Octane 314. Vulcan frame controlled by aDJIA2 flight controller 315. Vulcan Mantis 316. Vulcan Octocopter 317. Vulcan Raven 318. VulcanUAV 319. WalkeraTALI H500 320. Walkera ScoutX4

Page 7of8

# ..

321. WookongDJI 5800 322. xCel Drones XD550CDR VAS PLATFORMS ATTACHMENT 1

323. XFold Rig with four configurations: Quadcopter, Hexcopter, Octocopterand x12 Copter 324. X8-M

Page 8 of8