I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2698 
To authorize appropriations for the civil aviation research and development 
projects and activities of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 13, 2007 
Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself and Mr. GORDON of Tennessee) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science 
and Technology 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for the civil aviation research 
and development projects and activities of the Federal 
Aviation Administration, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Aviation Re-
search and Development Reauthorization Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Aviation Administration; 
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(2) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of 
the Joint Planning and Development Office; 
(3) the term ‘‘FAA’’ means the Federal Avia-
tion Administration; 
(4) the term ‘‘NASA’’ means the National Aer-
onautics and Space Administration; 
(5) the term ‘‘National Research Council’’ 
means the National Research Council of the Na-
tional Academies of Science and Engineering; 
(6) the term ‘‘NOAA’’ means the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration; 
(7) the term ‘‘NSF’’ means the National 
Science Foundation; 
(8) the term ‘‘Office’’ means the Next Genera-
tion Air Transportation System Joint Planning and 
Development Office; and 
(9) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Transportation. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 48102(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (11)(L), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) in paragraph (12)(L), by striking the period 
and inserting a semicolon; and 
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(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(13) for fiscal year 2008, $335,191,000, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) $7,350,000 for fire research and safe-
ty; 
‘‘(B) $4,086,000 for propulsion and fuel 
systems; 
‘‘(C) $2,713,000 for advanced materials 
and structural safety; 
‘‘(D) $3,574,000 for atmospheric hazards 
and digital system safety; 
‘‘(E) $14,931,000 for aging aircraft; 
‘‘(F) $2,202,000 for aircraft catastrophic 
failure prevention research; 
‘‘(G) $14,651,000 for flightdeck mainte-
nance, system integration, and human factors; 
‘‘(H) $9,517,000 for aviation safety risk 
analysis; 
‘‘(I) $15,254,000 for air traffic control, 
technical operations, and human factors; 
‘‘(J) $6,780,000 for aeromedical research; 
‘‘(K) $19,888,000 for weather programs; 
‘‘(L) $6,310,000 for unmanned aircraft 
systems research; 
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‘‘(M) $18,100,000 for the Next Generation 
Air Transportation System Joint Planning and 
Development Office; 
‘‘(N) $13,755,000 for wake turbulence; 
‘‘(O) $20,469,000 for environment and en-
ergy; 
‘‘(P) $1,184,000 for system planning and 
resource management; 
‘‘(Q) $3,415,000 for the William J. 
Hughes Technical Center Laboratory Facility; 
‘‘(R) $74,200,000 for the Center for Ad-
vanced Aviation System Development; 
‘‘(S) $2,000,000 for the Airport Coopera-
tive Research Program—capacity; 
‘‘(T) $3,000,000 for the Airport Coopera-
tive Research Program—environment; 
‘‘(U) $5,000,000 for the Airport Coopera-
tive Research Program—safety; 
‘‘(V) $3,600,000 for GPS civil require-
ments; 
‘‘(W) $5,000,000 for runway incursion re-
duction; 
‘‘(X) $6,500,000 for system capacity, plan-
ning, and improvement; 
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‘‘(Y) $3,000,000 for operations concept 
validation; 
‘‘(Z) $1,000,000 for NAS weather require-
ments; 
‘‘(AA) $4,000,000 for the Airspace Man-
agement Lab; 
‘‘(BB) $5,000,000 for airspace redesign; 
‘‘(CC) $4,000,000 for wind profiling and 
weather research, Juneau; 
‘‘(DD) $1,000,000 for the Local Area 
Augmentation System (LAAS); 
‘‘(EE) $15,000,000 for Safe Flight 21, 
Alaska Capstone; 
‘‘(FF) $20,000,000 for NextGen dem-
onstration; 
‘‘(GG) $8,907,000 for airports technology 
research—capacity; 
‘‘(HH) $9,805,000 for airports technology 
research—safety; and 
‘‘(14) for fiscal year 2009, $481,554,000, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) $8,457,000 for fire research and safe-
ty; 
‘‘(B) $4,050,000 for propulsion and fuel 
systems; 
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‘‘(C) $2,686,000 for advanced materials 
and structural safety; 
‘‘(D) $3,568,000 for atmospheric hazards 
and digital system safety; 
‘‘(E) $14,683,000 for aging aircraft; 
‘‘(F) $2,158,000 for aircraft catastrophic 
failure prevention research; 
‘‘(G) $37,499,000 for flightdeck mainte-
nance, system integration, and human factors; 
‘‘(H) $8,349,000 for aviation safety risk 
analysis; 
‘‘(I) $15,323,000 for air traffic control, 
technical operations, and human factors; 
‘‘(J) $6,932,000 for aeromedical research; 
‘‘(K) $22,336,000 for weather program; 
‘‘(L) $6,738,000 for unmanned aircraft 
systems research; 
‘‘(M) $18,100,000 for the Next Generation 
Air Transportation System Joint Planning and 
Development Office; 
‘‘(N) $11,560,000 for wake turbulence; 
‘‘(O) $35,039,000 for environment and en-
ergy; 
‘‘(P) $1,847,000 for system planning and 
resource management; 
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‘‘(Q) $3,548,000 for the William J. 
Hughes Technical Center Laboratory Facility; 
‘‘(R) $85,000,000 for Center for Advanced 
Aviation System Development; 
‘‘(S) $5,000,000 for the Airport Coopera-
tive Research Program—capacity; 
‘‘(T) $5,000,000 for the Airport Coopera-
tive Research Program—environment; 
‘‘(U) $5,000,000 for the Airport Coopera-
tive Research Program—safety; 
‘‘(V) $3,469,000 for GPS civil require-
ments; 
‘‘(W) $5,000,000 for runway incursion re-
duction; 
‘‘(X) $6,500,000 for system capacity, plan-
ning and improvement; 
‘‘(Y) $3,000,000 for Operations Concept 
Validation; 
‘‘(Z) $1,000,000 for NAS weather require-
ments; 
‘‘(AA) $4,000,000 for the Airspace Man-
agement Lab; 
‘‘(BB) $3,000,000 for airspace redesign; 
‘‘(CC) $20,000,000 for Safe Flight 21, 
Alaska Capstone; 
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‘‘(DD) $12,000,000 for NextGen dem-
onstration; 
‘‘(EE) $102,000,000 for NextGen system 
development; 
‘‘(FF) $8,907,000 for airports technology 
research—capacity; 
‘‘(GG) $9,805,000 for airports technology 
research—safety; and 
‘‘(15) for fiscal year 2010, $486,502,000, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) $8,546,000 for fire research and safe-
ty; 
‘‘(B) $4,075,000 for propulsion and fuel 
systems; 
‘‘(C) $2,700,000 for advanced materials 
and structural safety; 
‘‘(D) $3,608,000 for atmospheric hazards 
and digital system safety; 
‘‘(E) $14,688,000 for aging aircraft; 
‘‘(F) $2,153,000 for aircraft catastrophic 
failure prevention research; 
‘‘(G) $36,967,000 for flightdeck mainte-
nance, system integration, and human factors; 
‘‘(H) $8,334,000 for aviation safety risk 
analysis; 
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‘‘(I) $15,471,000 for air traffic control, 
technical operations, and human factors; 
‘‘(J) $7,149,000 for aeromedical research; 
‘‘(K) $23,286,000 for weather program; 
‘‘(L) $6,236,000 for unmanned aircraft 
systems research; 
‘‘(M) $18,100,000 for the Next Generation 
Air Transportation System Joint Planning and 
Development Office; 
‘‘(N) $11,412,000 for wake turbulence; 
‘‘(O) $34,678,000 for environment and en-
ergy; 
‘‘(P) $1,827,000 for system planning and 
resource management; 
‘‘(Q) $3,644,000 for William J. Hughes 
Technical Center Laboratory Facility; 
‘‘(R) $90,000,000 for the Center for Ad-
vanced Aviation System Development; 
‘‘(S) $5,000,000 for the Airport Coopera-
tive Research Program—capacity; 
‘‘(T) $5,000,000 for the Airport Coopera-
tive Research Program—environment; 
‘‘(U) $5,000,000 for the Airport Coopera-
tive Research Program—safety; 
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‘‘(V) $3,416,000 for GPS civil require-
ments; 
‘‘(W) $5,000,000 for runway incursion re-
duction; 
‘‘(X) $6,500,000 for system capacity, plan-
ning and improvement; 
‘‘(Y) $3,000,000 for operations concept 
validation; 
‘‘(Z) $1,000,000 for NAS weather require-
ments; 
‘‘(AA) $4,000,000 for the Airspace Man-
agement Lab; 
‘‘(BB) $3,000,000 for airspace redesign; 
‘‘(CC) $20,000,000 for Safe Flight 21, 
Alaska Capstone; 
‘‘(DD) $12,000,000 for NextGen dem-
onstration; 
‘‘(EE) $102,000,000 for NextGen system 
development; 
‘‘(FF) $8,907,000 for airports technology 
research—capacity; 
‘‘(GG) $9,805,000 for airports technology 
research—safety; and 
‘‘(16) for fiscal year 2011, $514,832,000, in-
cluding— 
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‘‘(A) $8,815,000 for fire research and safe-
ty; 
‘‘(B) $4,150,000 for propulsion and fuel 
systems; 
‘‘(C) $2,747,000 for advanced materials 
and structural safety; 
‘‘(D) $3,687,000 for atmospheric hazards 
and digital system safety; 
‘‘(E) $14,903,000 for aging aircraft; 
‘‘(F) $2,181,000 for aircraft catastrophic 
failure prevention research; 
‘‘(G) $39,245,000 for flightdeck mainte-
nance, system integration and human factors; 
‘‘(H) $8,446,000 for aviation safety risk 
analysis; 
‘‘(I) $15,715,000 for air traffic control, 
technical operations, and human factors; 
‘‘(J) $7,390,000 for aeromedical research; 
‘‘(K) $23,638,000 for weather program; 
‘‘(L) $6,295,000 for unmanned aircraft 
systems research; 
‘‘(M) $18,100,000 for the Next Generation 
Air Transportation System Joint Planning and 
Development Office; 
‘‘(N) $11,471,000 for wake turbulence; 
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‘‘(O) $34,811,000 for environment and en-
ergy; 
‘‘(P) $1,836,000 for system planning and 
resource management; 
‘‘(Q) $3,758,000 for William J. Hughes 
Technical Center Laboratory Facility; 
‘‘(R) $114,000,000 for Center for Ad-
vanced Aviation System Development; 
‘‘(S) $5,000,000 for the Airport Coopera-
tive Research Program—capacity; 
‘‘(T) $5,000,000 for the Airport Coopera-
tive Research Program—environment; 
‘‘(U) $5,000,000 for the Airport Coopera-
tive Research Program—safety; 
‘‘(V) $3,432,000 for GPS civil require-
ments; 
‘‘(W) $2,000,000 for runway incursion re-
duction; 
‘‘(X) $6,500,000 for system capacity, plan-
ning and improvement; 
‘‘(Y) $3,000,000 for operations concept 
validation; 
‘‘(Z) $1,000,000 for NAS weather require-
ments; 
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‘‘(AA) $4,000,000 for the Airspace Man-
agement Lab; 
‘‘(BB) $3,000,000 for airspace redesign; 
‘‘(CC) $20,000,000 for Safe Flight 21, 
Alaska Capstone; 
‘‘(DD) $12,000,000 for NextGen dem-
onstration; 
‘‘(EE) $105,000,000 for NextGen system 
development; 
‘‘(FF) $8,907,000 for airports technology 
research—capacity; 
‘‘(GG) $9,805,000 for airports technology 
research—safety; and’’. 
SEC. 4. NEXT GENERATION AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM 
JOINT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF-
FICE. 
(a) STATUS OF DIRECTOR AND RESPONSIBILITIES 
OF OFFICE.—Section 709 of the Vision 100— Century of 
Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘The head of the Office shall be 
the Director. The Director shall report to the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
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tration and shall serve as Associate Adminis-
trator for the Next Generation Air Transpor-
tation System, and shall be a voting member 
and co-chair of the Joint Resources Council.’’; 
(B) by amending paragraph (2)(C) to 
read: 
‘‘(C) creating a transition plan for the im-
plementation of that system that includes date- 
specific milestones for the implementation of 
new capabilities into the national airspace sys-
tem;’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2)(G), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(D) in paragraph (2)(H), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(E) by adding at the end of paragraph (2) 
the following: 
‘‘(I) establishing specific quantitative goals 
for the safety, capacity, efficiency, performance, 
and environmental impacts of each phase of 
Next Generation Air Transportation System im-
plementation activities and measuring actual 
operational experience against those goals; 
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‘‘(J) working to ensure global interoper-
ability of the Next Generation Air Transpor-
tation System; 
‘‘(K) integrating aviation weather informa-
tion and space weather information into the 
Next Generation Air Transportation System as 
soon as possible; 
‘‘(L) overseeing, with the Administrator, 
the selection of products or outcomes of re-
search and development activities that would be 
moved to the next stage of a demonstration 
project through the Joint Resources Council; 
‘‘(M) maintaining a baseline modeling and 
simulation environment for testing and evalu-
ating alternative concepts to satisfy Next Gen-
eration Air Transportation enterprise architec-
ture requirements; and 
‘‘(N) pursuing the integration of un-
manned aircraft systems into the national air-
space system through research and demonstra-
tion programs under the auspices of a public 
and private partnership.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2010’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2011’’. 
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(b) ACCOUNTABILITY.—Such section is further 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after 
the paragraph designation; and 
(2) by adding at the end of paragraph (3) the 
following: 
‘‘(B) The Administrator, the Secretary of De-
fense, the Administrator of NASA, the Secretary of 
Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and 
the head of any other Department or Federal agency 
from which the Secretary of Transportation requests 
assistance under paragraph (A) shall designate a 
senior official in the department or agency to be re-
sponsible for— 
‘‘(i) implementing the department’s or 
agency’s Next Generation Air Transportation 
System activities with the Office, including the 
execution of all aspects of the department’s or 
agency’s work on developing and implementing 
the 
integrated 
plan 
described 
in 
section 
709(2)(A); and 
‘‘(ii) ensuring that the department or 
agency meets its obligations as set forth in the 
memorandum of understanding executed by or 
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on behalf of the department or agency under 
subparagraph (D). 
‘‘(C) The head of any such department or agen-
cy shall— 
‘‘(i) establish an office within the depart-
ment or agency to carry out its responsibilities 
under the memorandum of understanding under 
the supervision of the designated official; and 
‘‘(ii) ensure that the designated official has 
sufficient budgetary authority and staff re-
sources to carry out the department’s or agen-
cy’s Next Generation Air Transportation Sys-
tem responsibilities as set forth in the inte-
grated plan under section 709(b). 
‘‘(D) Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of the Federal Aviation Research and De-
velopment Reauthorization Act of 2007, the head of 
each department or agency that has responsibility 
for carrying out any activity under the integrated 
plan under section 709(b) shall execute a memo-
randum of understanding with the Office obligating 
that department or agency to carry out those activi-
ties.’’. 
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(c) INTEGRATED PLAN.—Section 709(b) of the Vi-
sion 100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 
U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking the first sentence and inserting 
‘‘The integrated plan shall be designed to ensure 
that the Next Generation Air Transportation System 
meets anticipated future air transportation safety, 
security, mobility, efficiency, and capacity needs and 
accomplishes the goals under subsection (c).’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) Date-specific timetables for the partial and 
complete implementation of planned Next Genera-
tion Air Transportation System capabilities, includ-
ing but not limited to Automated Dependent Surveil-
lance-Broadcast, Unmanned Aircraft Systems oper-
ations, Next Generation Enabled Weather system, 
Next Generation Data Communications, NAS Voice 
Switch, System Wide Information Management sys-
tem, and space weather information, and including 
any necessary certification activities, and including 
an evaluation of the costs and benefits of accel-
erating any of the implementation and certification 
timetables; 
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‘‘(6) Identification of planned demonstration 
projects and date-specific timetables for the conduct 
of the demonstration projects and subsequent certifi-
cation activities and an evaluation of the costs and 
benefits of accelerating any of the demonstration 
projects and certification activities; 
‘‘(7) Date-specific timetables for meeting the 
environmental requirements identified in subsection 
(I); and 
‘‘(8) Identification, on an annual basis, of each 
entity that will be responsible for each component of 
any research, development, or implementation activ-
ity.’’. 
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 709(d) of the Vision 
100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 
40101 note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Director of the Office 
shall transmit a report annually to the Committee on 
Science and Technology and the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate at the time of the President’s budget 
request describing the progress in carrying out the plan 
required under subsection (b) and any changes to that 
plan. The annual report shall include— 
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‘‘(1) the updated integrated plan developed 
under subsection (b); 
‘‘(2) a detailed description of the progress made 
in carrying out the integrated plan and any changes 
made to that plan since the previous annual report, 
and identifying any changes resulting from funding 
shortfalls or limitations set by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget; 
‘‘(3) any deviation from previously established 
development and implementation milestones, the rea-
sons for the deviation, and the impact of the devi-
ation; 
‘‘(4) the relevant programs and activities for 
the previous fiscal year and the proposed programs 
and activities under the President’s budget request, 
of each participating Federal agency and depart-
ment; and 
‘‘(5) the levels of funding for each participating 
Federal agency and department devoted to the pro-
grams and activities in paragraph (4) for the pre-
vious fiscal year and under the President’s budget 
request.’’. 
(e) SENIOR POLICY COMMITTEE.—Section 710 of the 
Vision 100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 
U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended in the last sentence by 
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inserting ‘‘, and shall meet at least four times each year’’ 
before the period. 
(f) BUDGET PREPARATION.— 
(1) Each Federal agency and department par-
ticipating in the office shall, as part of its annual re-
quest for appropriations to the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, submit a report to the Office of 
Management and Budget which— 
(A) identifies each element of its work pro-
gram which contributes directly to Next Gen-
eration Air Transportation System initiative; 
and 
(B) states the portion of its request for ap-
propriations that is allocated to each such ele-
ment. 
(2) The Office of Management and Budget 
shall review each such report in light of the goals, 
priorities, and agency and departmental responsibil-
ities set forth in the annual report submitted under 
the amendment made by subsection (d), and shall 
include, in the President’s annual budget estimate, 
a statement of the portion of each appropriate agen-
cy’s or department’s annual budget estimate relating 
to its activities undertaken pursuant to the Next 
Generation Air Transportation System initiative. 
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(g) CONTINGENCY PLANNING.—The Director shall, 
as part of the design of the Next Generation Air Transpor-
tation System, develop contingency plans for dealing with 
the degradation of the Next Generation Air Transpor-
tation System in the event of a natural disaster, major 
equipment failure, or act of terrorism. 
(h) ENVIRONMENTAL
RESEARCH.—The Director 
shall establish environmental requirements for noise, emis-
sions, and energy consumption to be satisfied in the Next 
Generation Air Transportation System through a com-
bination of technologies and operational procedures. The 
Director shall assign primary responsibility for the re-
search, development, and demonstration of the applicable 
technologies in a relevant environment to NASA and pri-
mary responsibility for demonstration of optimized oper-
ational procedures to the FAA. 
(i) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE ASSESS-
MENT AND REPORT.— 
(1) SCOPE.—The Comptroller General shall as-
sess compliance with the requirements of section 709 
of the Vision 100—Century of Aviation Reauthoriza-
tion Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) to determine— 
(A) the effectiveness of the Next Genera-
tion Air Transportation System Joint Planning 
and Development Office in meeting the dead-
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lines and milestones of the integrated plan 
under that section; and 
(B) the adequacy and effectiveness of the 
memoranda of understanding executed by Fed-
eral departments and agencies under that sec-
tion. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter until the Next Generation Air Transpor-
tation System is fully operational, the Comptroller 
General shall transmit a report to the Committee on 
Science and Technology and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrsatructure of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate con-
taining the Comptroller General’s findings, conclu-
sions and recommendations related to the assess-
ment in paragraph (1). 
(j) UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.— 
(1) RESEARCH INITIATIVE.— 
(A) IMPROVED MANNED AND UNMANNED 
AIRCRAFT.—Section 44504 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘un-
manned and manned’’ after ‘‘improve’’; 
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(ii) in subsection (b)(6), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(iii) in subsection (b)(7) by striking 
the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iv) by adding at the end of sub-
section (b) the following: 
‘‘(8) in conjunction with other Federal agencies 
as appropriate, to develop technologies and methods 
to assess the risk of and prevent defects, failures, 
and malfunctions of products, parts, and processes, 
for use in all classes of unmanned aerial systems 
that could result in a catastrophic failure.’’. 
(B) SYSTEMS, PROCEDURES, FACILITIES, 
AND DEVICES.—Section 44505(b) of such title 
is amended— 
(i) in paragraph (4), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(ii) in paragraph (5)(C), by striking 
the period and inserting a semicolon; and 
(iii) by adding at the end of sub-
section (b) the following: 
‘‘(6) to develop a better understanding of the 
relationship between human factors and unmanned 
aircraft systems safety; and 
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‘‘(7) to develop dynamic simulation models for 
integrating all classes of unmanned aircraft systems 
into the national airspace system.’’. 
(2) ROADMAP.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall develop and transmit an unmanned aircraft 
systems research, development, demonstration and 
implementation ‘‘roadmap’’ to the Committee on 
Science and Technology of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate. 
(3) INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 3 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Administrator shall enter into an arrange-
ment with the National Research Council for an 
assessment of the status of unmanned aircraft 
systems that shall include consideration of— 
(i) human factors regarding un-
manned aircraft systems operation; 
(ii) ‘‘detect, sense and avoid tech-
nologies’’ with respect to both cooperative 
and non-cooperative aircraft; 
(iii) spectrum issues and bandwidth 
requirements; 
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(iv) operation in suboptimal winds 
and adverse weather conditions; 
(v) mechanisms for communicating 
unmanned aircraft system location; 
(vi) airworthiness and system redun-
dancy; 
(vii) flight termination systems for 
safety and security; 
(viii) technologies for unmanned air-
craft systems flight control; 
(ix) technologies for unmanned air-
craft systems propulsion; 
(x) unmanned aircraft systems oper-
ator qualifications, medical standards, and 
training requirements; 
(xi) unmanned aircraft systems main-
tenance requirements and training require-
ments; 
(xii) any other unmanned aircraft sys-
tems-related issue the Administrator be-
lieves should be addressed; and 
(xiii) recommendations for integrating 
unmanned aircraft systems into the na-
tional airspace system in a timely manner. 
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