## Fovea Aero Systems LLC

60 Fostertow n Road  Medford, New Jersey 08055 Phone: 800

- 257

- 6442  E

- Mail: jeff@foveaaero.com  Web: www.FoveaAero.com

Date: April 5 , 2015

U.S. Department of Transportation Docket Operations, M

- 30 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Room W12

- 140, West Building Ground Floor Washington, DC 20590

- 0001

Dea r Sir or Madam : In regards to the letter dated March 2, 2015, petition for a Section 333 exemption from the Federal Aviation Regulations (hereafter, “The Petition”) , filed under docket FAA

- 2015

- 0545

- 0001 , Fovea Aero Systems LL C’s hereby amends The Petition with the following request. Fovea Aero Systems LLC requests consideration for the Section 333 exemption to include additional commercial UAS operations for various industries and applications, including:

• Pipeline inspection and patrol,

• Cinematography, vide ography , photography and filmmaking,

• Wildlife and forestry monitoring,

• Agriculture monitoring,

• Surveying operations,

• Construction site inspection, photography and monitoring,

• Bridge inspection and monitoring,

• Flare stack inspection, and

• Building / structur e inspection.
Fovea Aero Systems LLC will operate the s UASs as described in this docket in full compliance with the limitations and ope rational procedures as presented in The Petition , as well as with any conditions, limitations and procedures as determine d by the Federal Aviation Administration. Please refer to The Petition for full descriptions of these limitations to be applied to all applications and industries described herein. Additional flight procedures, limitations and conditions will be determine d and set forth as applicable for each application and industry in order to maintain safety of flight for participating persons, non

participating persons and property in the flight environment. Fovea Aero Systems LLC will also communicate and coordinate with each Flight Standards District Office ( “ FSDO ” ) respons ible for the flight location as required by the Federal Aviation Regulations (“FARs”) or requested by the FAA. Each of these applications and industries, as well as the public at large, will experi ence a significant and definitive benefit through the use of s UASs to perform operations normally performed, or heretofore impossible to be performed, by manned aircraft. The use of an sUAS rather than a manned aircraft inPage 2

such applications will further t he public interest in several areas including , but not limited to , the following:

• The sUAS carries no passengers, pilot or crew, thereby increasing pilot, passenger and worker safety.

• The sUAS can often eliminate the need for a worker to climb structures in order to inspect components and items thereby increasing worker safety.

• The sUAS can identify safety concerns that are not visible from the ground, may not be visible from a manned aircraft, or may require a manned aircraft to operate at a less than ide al or potentially unsafe altitude and / or location

.

• The sUAS carries no flammable fuel thereby increasing safety to the general public.

• The sUAS has a lower noise signature than a typical helicopter or fixed wing aircraft thereby improving public welfare.

• The sUAS has no emissions thereby reducing the environment impact over traditional manned aircraft.

• The sUAS is less expensive to operate than a traditional manned aircraft thereby decreasing costs for the applications described herein. This can allow for operations previously unavailable to these industries or performed at considerable expense and risk . Depending on the application, the use of an sUAS can: inc rease worker and public safety through more frequent a nd thorough inspections; help optimize food and vegetation production thereby reducing costs and increasing availability ; allow for better forest and wildlife management thereby a ssisting public environmental concerns; identify unsafe conditions in buildings, construction sites, pipelines, brid ges as well as public and private infrastructure thereby increasing public and worker safety ; and provide better land surveys without the dangers , impact and costs associated with low flying manned aircraft.

• Th e sUAS significantly reduces or completely eli minates the risks to onboard pilot and crew as well as to participating and non

- participating persons associated with , and in the area of , aerial cinematography, videography, photography and filmmaking using manned aircraft.

• The sUAS is less expensive to acquire than a manned aircraft thereby allowing for more inspection crews to operate concurrently. This can result in better

- maintained infrastructure and more reliable inspections

. Fovea Aero Systems LLC contends that this amendment, as well as the infor mation contained in The Petition , satisfies the conditions and criteria set forth in Section 333 of the Reform Act, that the operations described herein benefit the public interest as a whole in many ways and that the use of sUASs meets or exceeds the leve l of safety currently experienced by traditional manned aircraft utilized for these purposes. The applicant contact information is: Fovea Aero Systems LLC Attn: Jeffrey Sassinsky Telephone: (800) 257

- 6442 ext. 706 Email: jeff@foveaaero.com Address: 60 Fost ertown Road, Medford, New Jersey 08055Page 3

The applicant is thankful for the Federal Aviation Administration’s time and consideration. Respectfully yours,

Jeffrey Sassinsky President, Fovea Aero Systems LLC