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ASSUREd Safe

ASSUREd Safe is a Mississippi State University non-profit program under the FAA’s Center of Excellence (COE) for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Research (ASSURE), which is comprised of more than 30 of the world’s leading UAS research institutions, that possess the expertise, experience and influence that the FAA COE for UAS demands. Mandated by Congress through the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, ASSUREd Safe serves as the FAA’s program of record and credentialing authority for training and operation standards for first responder use of UAS. Our mission is to ensure that first responder communities have the training and education needed to safely and effectively integrate UAS into disaster response and public safety operations.

ASSUREd Safe is a Mississippi State University (MSU) non-profit organization -that provides standards, education, certification and credentialing of first responder use of UAS and approved equipment in the national airspace as outlined under the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 (Title 49 United States Code 44814). Identified as the FAA’s program of record, ASSUREd Safe is the pivotal credentialing body to ensure that first responders can employ UAS skills in response to crisis and emergency management events.

Mission

To strengthen national security and community resilience, ASSUREd Safe partners with first responders to ensure they can safely and effectively employ UAS technology in support of public safety, emergency response, and recovery operations.

Vision

ASSUREd Safe is essential to advancing and standardizing how all first responders utilize UAS technology enhance public safety and emergency response operations. By enabling safe and effective integration of rapidly evolving UAS capabilities, ASSUREd Safe empowers federal, state and local agencies to keep pace with innovation and improve outcomes in critical response scenarios.
ASSURE UAS

ASSURE Overview

ASSURE is comprised of over 30 of the world’s leading research institutions and more than a hundred leading industry and government partners. ASSURE members are core to four FAA UAS test sites, lead four FAA research centers, and have a multitude of UAS ranging from small drones below 55 pounds to the largest UAS at any US academic institution at 1800 pounds.

This alliance features expertise across a broad spectrum of research areas, including: Air traffic control interoperability, UAS airport ground operations, control and communications, detect and avoid, human factors, UAS noise reduction, UAS wake signatures, unmanned aircraft pilot training and certification, low altitude operations safety, spectrum management and UAS traffic management.

ASSURE possesses the expertise, experience and influence that the FAA Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems demands.

Visit: ASSUREUAS.ORG

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