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Cignus Wins FAA Contract to Support UAS Integration Into the NAS
March 1, 2021
Cignus has been selected as a support contractor for the FAA's UAS Integration into the NAS program, providing expertise in policy development, Safety Risk Management, technical analysis, and inter-agency coordination as part of a team led by Crown Consulting Inc.
Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) operations are rapidly increasing in number and technical complexity. The growth in popularity of these new vehicles and platforms has presented the U.S. Department of Transportation and the FAA with significant regulatory and technical challenges around safe and efficient integration into day-to-day NAS operations.
To support the FAA's continued efforts in enabling UAS growth, Cignus has been selected as a support contractor providing expertise across a range of areas: evolution of UAS policy and procedures for NAS integration; Safety Risk Management (SRM) policy and compliance; facilitation and coordination of UAS integration information; UAS technical, analytical, and business planning; and processing and compliance of FOIA requests pertaining to UAS operations.
"We are grateful to the FAA for providing us with an opportunity to use our years of experience supporting UAS integration into the NAS. Our work on UAS dates back over a decade, when concepts of UAVs flying in common airspace were just a vision and somewhat far-fetched," said Vinayak Khera, President and CEO.
For this engagement, Cignus is part of a team led by Crown Consulting Inc. Cignus is an SBA-certified 8(a) Minority-Owned Disadvantaged Business Enterprise headquartered in Leesburg, VA.