State Farm Co r po r a te Hea dquarters 1 State F arm Plaza Bloom i n gton , f l 61710 -0001 September 4, 2015 U.S. Department of Transportat ion Docket Management System 1200 N ew Jersey Ave., SE Washington, D.C. 20590 

# A State Farm

Re: Petition to Amend Exemption 11175; Docket N o. FAA-2014-0846 Dear Sir or Madam: State Farm Mutua l Automobile Insurance Company ("State Farm") hereby pet i tions to further amend Exemption No
. 11175, which authorizes State Farm to operate unmanned aircraft systems ("UAS") to conduct property inspections pursuant to Section 333 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act. On June 29, 2015, State Farm filed a petit ion see k ing to add additional aircraft to a nd adjust the operating parameters of Exemption N o. 1117 5. 1 In addition to the aircraft authorized by Exemption No
. 11175 and the aircraft requested in the pending pet i tion for amendment, State Farm requests authorization to operate (1) the Allied Drones A

T 28 UAS; (2) al l UAS previously approved pursu ant to the Section 333 exemption process ; and (3) any su b stantially similar multirotor or f ix ed - wing UAS. 1
. The Allied Drones AT28. The AT28 is a multi rotor UAS weighing less than 55 pounds inclu d ing payload. Th e AT28 measures 40 inches d iag onally from rotor tip to rotor tip and will be equipped with the Airware Aerial Informat i on Platform. The FAA has granted multip l e exemptions permitting operators to u se Allied Drones models, 2 and the AT28 is materially similar to many UAS being operated today pursuant to Section 333 exemptions. To aid the FAA in evaluating th e propo se d aircraft, State Farm i nclude s with this petition the AT28 Operator's Manual and the Airware Regulatory Reference. 3 2
. All previously- approved UAS. In a letter dated Augu s t 28, 2015, the FAA summari l y granted a petition submitted by Mea sure, a 32 Advisors Company, LLC, seeking to operate any UAS that have been previous l y approved by the Secretary of Transportation pursuan t to the Section 333 See Letter from To dd Binion, Docket No
. FAA - 201 4 -0846 (submitted June 29, 2015). As of the date of thi s lett er , thi s p etit io n was still pend ing before th e FAA
. Stat e Farm requests use o f the models discussed herein in addit i on to those re qu es ted i n the J u ne 29 , 2015 petition for amendment. 2 See E xemption No
. 11 440 to Wild Rabbit Productions LL C, Docket No
. FAA-2015 - 0168 (authori zing use of the Allied Dro nes Chaos X-8) ; Ex emption No. 11393 to Surveying and Mapp ing LLC , Docke t No
. FAA - 2014 · 1097( authorizing use of the Allied Dro n es HornetCam). 3 State Farm submits the AT28 Operator's M a nu a l and the Airware Regul atory Re fere nce as Conf i dential documents under 14 C.F.R. § 11 .3 S(b) as they co nta in proprietary information that State Farm ha s not sh ared and will not s hare with others. These doc u ments contain procedures and information that are not available to the public and are prot e c te d f rom rele as e under the Free dom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552
. Prov id1ngln 5 urance and Financial Services Home Office, 8/oommgton, ILexemption proces s. 4 State Farm likewise reque sts the authority to operate any previouslyapproved aircraft listed i n Exemption No
. 12646, provided as Attachment 1 to this lette r . 3. Any substantially similar UAS. State Farm also has requested authority to operate any substantially similar multirotor or fixed-wing UAS. State Farm will ensure that the speci fi cations and safety features of any model used pursuant to this authorization will enable State Farm to fully comply with its exemption and conduct safe UAS operations. Although State Farm does not intend to test all of the UAS described in this request, authorization to use any of these models will give State Fa rm the flex ibility to quickly an d efficiently meet the needs of its growing UAS program as they arise, and improve State Farm's ability to continue serving its customers and the publi c inte r es t through the use of UAS. State Farm w i ll operate all authorized UAS pursuant to the governing conditions under Exempt ion 11175 and will continue to prioritize safety in using UAS for property in s pections
.5 A grant of the authorization requested herein will allow State Farm to improve its UAS operations and continue serving t he public interest as an in novator in the insuranc e industry.
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lease contact the undersigned with any questions. Sincerely,

# ~~~ tnnovation Manager State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

See Exemption No. 12646, Regulatory Docket No. F AA-2015 - 1602. Should the FAA grant State Farm' s request to amend the operating conditions of Exemption 11175, State Farm will adhe r e to the amended conditions when operating all authorized UAS. 2Attachment I I
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### 4. 3 0 Ro boti cs Jris+ 5. 3 0 Robo t ics X8 

### 6. 3 0Roboti cs Fix e d Wing 7. 3 DRobotic s Mu lt irotor 

### 8 . 30 Roboti cs Quadro to r 

### 9 . 30R So lo 10 . 3 DR Spc ktre II . 30Robotics Spektre Jn d u str ia l M ulti

- R oto r A e rial V e hicl e 12. 3 0 Roboti cs Solo 1 3 . 3 DRo bot i cs X 8 + 14 . 3 0 Robotic s X8-M 15 . 3 0 R obo ti cs Y 6 1 6. Aerial M ob Heavy Lift er 17 . Ae r ial M ob Ligh t Lifter 1 8. Aerial Remo te Min era l Det ec tion System (ARMDS) 1 9. Acrialtronics Zenith wi th intcrgratcd Airw a re sys tem 2 0 . Acrialtronics Altura Zeni t h ATX8 21 . Acrigon 22. Ac robo 23. AeroCine Kopterworx H ammer X 12 24. Acromao A ero Mapper 30 0 25 . Ae rom a o T alo n 26. A e romao Ae romappe r 3 00 27. Acroma o Acro m apper EV- 2 28. AeroViro n m e nt Shrike 29. Ae roY i ro nrn e nt P u m a 3 0. A ero n av ics X4 Ti tanium 3 1 . Aeryon S ky R a nge r 32. Aerv o nic s Sky J i b frame with a OJ I A2 nig ht sys tem 33. Ac r o - M 34 . Acryon Sco ut 35. Acryon SkyRangcr 36. AgEag le 37. AgEag le Robot ic 38. AgScout 39. AgScou t Mini 40 . Ag ribotix Horne t Dro n e 4 1 . Agribo t ix Enduro Quad 42. AgriYiew VK Ra n ge r EX43. Aibot 44. Aibol ix X -6 45. Air Rove r AR -30 00 46. AirCove r QR-425s 47. AirR obo l AR 1 80 48. Air Robot AR 1 00 4 9. Air Robol AR200 50. Air-X 5 1. A lign M690 52. A llavia n No va 53. Allavian Nova F 6500 54. A llav ian N o va R8400 55. Altu s X -4 56. A ltu s X -8 5 7. Am e ri can Dro ne s, LLC Eagl e 

### 58. Appre nti ce 59. Arch A e rial OCT O multi

- rot o r U AS 6 0. Arri s h exaeo pe r 6 1. AR

- 960 H ex Roto r 62. A R-5 4 0 Quad Ro tor 

### 63. ARF

- MikroKoptcr OktoXL 64. ARF

- Mik ro Kopt c r OktoXL + 65. ArrowLite 6 6
. AseTcc Falcon 67. A scTec Falcon 8 68. A s lra e u s Ae rial C in e ma Sys te m V.3CS 69. A t la nti c RC Airc raft LC04 70. Auburn Trimbl e UX5 71. Auburn War E a gle 72. Auburn EasyS tar 73. Auburn 74. AV44 75. Bix ler 3 DR Plane 76. Blad e 35 0QX 77 . Bix ler 2 7 8. Boomerang Carbon Fiber Frame (The I d e nt ifi ed Sy s t e m ) 7 9 . Bonnatec M a j a UA V 80. BOSH T ec hn o l og i es Super Swipe r 81 . Bum b lebee-S 82. C-As tral Bram o r gEO 83. Ca rb onCo r e Octocopt e r I 000 84. Carbon Co re Cortex Quad co pt cr 85. CC O w/ W km M 86. C h amel eo n Pro

### 87. C in esS tar 88. Ci ncs tar 6 89. Ci ncs ta r X8 90. Cines ta r 8 9 1 . C incsta r 

### 8 HL 92. Ci ncs tar 

### 8 Okt o XL 93. Co ax ial Quad Mult iro t orV AOI

- V I 94. Coax ial Q uad Multi rotor V A02- V2 95 . Co pclandRE D 

### LLC De lta Win g A ir cra n 96. Cy berQu ad Maxi 97. DJJ Fl am e Wh ee l F4 50 98. DJ J Flame Wh ee l F 55 0 99. DAx8 I 

### 00 . DJl l n spi re 1

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### DJ I In spi r e I I 

### 0 2. DJ I In spire 2 10 3. D J I M P330z I 

### 04. DJ I Ph a nt o m I 

### 0 5. DJI Ph ant o m I I 

### 06 . DJI Ph anto m 2 I 

### 07. DJ I Ph a ntom 2-r I 

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### 0 9. DJI Ph an t o m 2 Vi s io n+ II 

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### DJ I Ph an tom 3 11 2 . DJ 1 Phan t om F C40 11 3. DJ I Sp rea d ing Win g s S900 I 

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### D J I Spreading Wings S I00 0+ 11 6. DJ I S800 11 7 . 0. 11 

### S800 EVO 11 8. DJ I T 600 I 19. 

### Draganll yc r G u ar di a n 120 . Dragantlyer X4ES 121. DraganllyerX4P 1 22. Dra ganll ye r X6 123 . D T
- 1 8 1 2 4 . DYS D800-X8 125. E agl e VTOL 1 26 . Eag le V2 1 27 . E-F iitc Appre nti ce 128. Eve nt 38 E384 1 29 . F-4 50 130 . F alc on VTOL

### 131. Fire Fly 6 1 32. First Aeri al Re pond er UAV 1 33. Fl a me Wh ee l G4 7.8 Skyc ra ne 1 34. Fl yi ng-Cam 3.0 SARA H 135 . Fox tec h Krak c n 130 V2 136. Fr ceF 1 y Sys te m s ALTA RTF 137 . Fr ecF ly S y s te m s Octoc op te r Airframe ( Legacy) 1 38. G4 1 39. G4 mod e l s 140 . GeoSta r 141. GerMAP G220 14 2. Gcr MAP G 1 80 1 43 . goFar m GF- 1 144 . Gry ph o n Dynamic s X8 14 5. GT80X 146. H arris 1 8 HL 1 4 7. HEFF 14 8. H e li co pt ers West 

# on In s pi re 149 . H el icop te rs W est S kyJib 8 1 50. ll c li os 960 1 51. H awkeye Mk-IIJ 1 52. HcxaC rafter HC- 1100 85. 1 53. HcxaC rafter H0-1250 1 54. HH Blade 3 50QX2 AP 1 55. H obbyki ng " Bi xler" Fixed Wing Trainer 15 6. ll o nc yComb Ag Drone 157. Hori z o n H ob by Blade 350 Qx2 quad co pt er 158. H ovcrfly LivcSky , BigSky 60 and H -Frame 159. llub sa n X4 mi cro drone 160. HVP 14301 Multi Rotor 161. Ide ntifi ed Sys tem 162. IMT G l ob al xfo ld Cinema 163. Jnd ago 164. Tn ova iDro nc: ln ova One 165 . ln s tantEyc Mk- 2 166 . In s tantEye Mk- 2 Gen2 1 67. lntui ti vc Aerial Aeragon 1 68. K1 3 0 O c tocoptcr 169 . K o ngCo ptc r X8 170 . K o pt c rworx ll a mm cr X 1 2 171. La ti tude HQ -4 Hybrid Multirotor 172 . L B 7 00 173. L e ad in g E d ge Preci s i on Vis ion 1 0 174. Lcptro n A vcnger

### 175 . Lewis Realty Associates H exacopter 650 176. Liberty I 177. Lockheed Martin D esert Hawk Ill 

### 178 . Lockheed Martin Indago 179 . Matrix quad co pter 180 . MaxF1ight 181 . MD4 -20 0 182 . MD4-1000 18 3. Mikro k op t er 2.5 184 . MLB Compa ny S up er Bat 1 85. MU-lH 1 86 . Multirot or G4 7 .8 Skyc ran e 1 87. Nighthawk 188. Nigh thawk VTOL 1 89 . OktoXL6Sl2 190 . PA G X4 191 . Parksone Radi a n RTF 192 . Parrot Bebop drone 193. Parrot PF 725100 B ebop Drone 14MP 194 . Parrot Skycontroller 195. Patriot X4 196 . Patriot X8 197. Finwing Penguin V2 19 8. Birdseyevicw Firefly 6 199 . Ph oe nix 200. Phoenix VTOL 20 

### I . Ph oenix 

### 60 202. P h oenix 60LE 203. Pixhawk 204. Pre c is ion Drone Pa cesetter 205. Prec ision ll awk 206. Precisionl lawk Hawkeye Mk

- lll 207. Prec isionHawk Lancaster 208. Pr ecisio n La ncas ter MK3 209. Priori a Hex 210. Prioria 's Maveric 2 11 . Pulse Aero space , PA 01 Vapor 212. Pulse Aero s pac e Pulse Vapor 35 213 . Pulse Vapor 214. Puma AE DDL 215. PV 14817 Multi Rotor 2 16 . PV HLI 2 1 7 . PV HL2 2 1 8. Q1219. Quadcop t er LLC MikroKoptcr 220. Quiet UA V 221. Qube 222. R / C Rot ors and Aerial Media: Matrix Pr of. Multi Ro to r Fram e & Octo Heavy 

### Lift Prof. Multi Ro tor 223. Frame Roni n Edi ti on M icrodroncs: MD4

- I 000 22 4 . RCTi mc r H cxaco p ter 225. RDASS 226. R E ll aw k 500 227. REll awk 680 228. R f -70 229. Riegl RiCop tc r 230. RI T EW l NG Z3 Spade 47" 23 1 . R i t cwi n g Drak e 60'
. 232. R ITEWTNG Z3 S p ade 70'' 233. RITEW l N G Z4 Spade 52" 234. RM AX 235. Robonigh t 236. Ro tomotion S R -15 237. RV Jet 238. Scout X4 239. S D02 2 40 . Sea h awk I .2 241. Sc lcc tTccb Gco spac ial's E H

- 4 242. ScnscFly cBcc 243. SenscFiy cBcc RTK 2 44. SenseFiy eXo m 2 4 5. Se n s uri o n Ma g pi e MP-1 2 46. Se rvi ce-D r o ne R ccon One 2 4 

### 7. Service- Dro n e Bla c kb ird 248. S H 90 0 2 49. S h adow H awk 250. S hr ike 251. Sir i us 252. SkyCatc h 253. SkyJib 8 v.2 H eavy Lifter 25 4 . Sky Ph ill y M l 255. Skywa lkcr A e ro 256. S k ywa lk er Flying Wi ng X8 257. S napR o ll Med ia SUAS 258. Solutions Ph oe nix 30 259. S tca diDron c 260. S tca d i dronc Quad 261. S tca dydro nc QU4D262. Stead id ro nc M av ik 263. S up c r X

/ P2 Mult iro tor 264. Sw i ft Rad iopla ncs Lynx 2 6 5. T a li 500 266. T a lo n 1 2 0L E 267. T a ro t FY 69 0 S H c x aco p lcr 2 6 8. T a ro t q uad co p tc r 269. T aro t 68 0p r o 2 7 0 . T a ro t 69 0 27 1. T ar o t 9 00 272. T ar o t 9 60 273. T aro t T

- l 5 2 74 . T arot T 15 C/ F F o ld in g O c tocoptc r 275. T aro t Tl 8 UA V 276. Taro t T690 277. T aro t T 8 1 0 278. T a r o t T 960 279. Tarsier Sys tems M o A C 280. T ayzu Robot ics Tit an X8 281. TB S Di scove ry Pro 282. T eam B l ack S heep D iscovery Pro T a ro t Tl 5 283. T

- Rcx 700E F3C 28 4 . T R EX 800E DF C PR O

**2~5.** T ri mb le UX5 286. T rimb l e UX5 h p 287. Trim b l e ZX5 288. Turn ing y Ta lo n 5 0 0 289. TU P X8-8 00 29 0 . T u rbo Ace C fN EW IN G 6 29 1 . T ur boA cc M a tri x - G q u ad copt e r 292. T urb o A ce m a tri x -E 293. Turb o A ce M ATRI X

- I 2 9 4 . UA V So lut i o n s Ph oe ni x 6 0 295. Univc rseye P e n g u i n 296. Unma nned Fl yi ng R o ll in g O r b "U FRO" 297. US2 G ree n I l aw k 29g. U t il i Co pt c r I TX 8 299. VA03

- v l 300. VA04-v I 30 1 . VA07-vl 302. Vi ki ng UAS Multi co p tc r (VT OL ) 303. Vik ing U A S F F-X 4/X8 30 4. VK -P atr io t X4 / X 8 3 0 5 . V ik i ng UA S P a t ri o t X4 / X 8 Multiro to r306. Vi ki ng UAS X6 Model 800 307. Vi ki ng VAS V iking ON E 308. V K -450 3 09 . Vi ki ng Unman n e d A e rial Sys tem s, L LC AgriView VK Ra ng er EX 310. Vi ki ng VK -F F

- X4 3 J I . V K

- Ra n ge r EX- SAR F ixed Wi ng UAS 312. Vola nt ex Rap t o r T aro t T-1 8 3 13. Vo lt Aer i al Robot i cs Oc t ane 31 4 . V ulca n f ra m e co nt r o ll ed by a DJl A2 fl i g ht contro ll er 315. V u lcan Ma nt is 316. V ul ca n Octocoptc r 317. V u lcan R ave n 3 

### J 8. Vu lc an UA V 319. Wa lkera TA Ll H 500 3 20 . Walkcra S cout X4 321. Wo o kon g DJ 1 5800 32 2. xC e l D rones XD 5 5 0C DR 323. XFold Ri g wi th fo ur co nfi g ura t io n s: Quadc o ptcr, H c xcoptcr, Octocop te r a nd x 12 Copte r 324 . X 8- M