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Our Mission
The Huntsville UAS and C-UAS Test Range's mission is to facilitate uncrewed aerial operations for military, first responders, and law enforcement training and exercises, private sector companies, and academic institutions, as well as to assist in the development of vital new technologies for uncrewed systems.
About Us
In March of 2021, the FAA selected the Huntsville International Airport as one of the five host airports to evaluate technologies and systems that could detect and mitigate potential safety risks posed by unmanned aircraft. The effort is part of the agency’s Airport Unmanned Aircraft Systems Detection and Mitigation Research Program.
In 2022, the Huntsville Madison County Airport Authority (HMCAA), supported by UAH, discussed UAS (Uncrewed Aerial System) and Counter UAS (C-UAS) testing with Congress. The primary focus was on the development of a UAS and C-UAS Center of Excellence (CoE) in Huntsville, Alabama on airport owned property. This CoE included a Critical Urban Operating Area (CUOA) for the purpose of assessing UAS and C-UAS detection, identification and mitigation technologies supporting DoD and DoJ local to Huntsville and supporting local emerging industry around Alabama and across the United States.
The Huntsville UAS and C-UAS Test Range addresses all aspects of solving and protecting the US, including policy development, regulations development, economics, analysis, workforce development, research, integration and testing of UAS and Counter UAS systems including Detection, Tracking and Identification and Mitigation (DTIM) Systems.