This article discussed the final report that Bell submitted to NASA for the two-year Systems Integration and Operationalization (SIO) activity, which aimed to help establish standards for commercial operations of unmanned aircraft in the national airspace. Bell was one of three companies that partnered with NASA on the project, along with General Atomics and American Aerospace Technologies.
Topics: NASA; demonstration; Bell; Autonomous Pod Transport (APT) 70 cargo drone; Dallas-Fort Worth; command-and-control; C2; detect-and-avoid; DAA; final report; technology gaps