Greetings and felicitations,

Welcome to my page about Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).

I have been working on UAS issues for over two years now. I have a quarter of a century experience in radio spectrum and regulatory issues (man that makes me feel old).

Unmanned aircraft Vehicles (UAV) communications and their sensor payloads depend on reliable access to the electromagnetic spectrum. UAV pilots use the electromagnetic spectrum to maintain contact with the aircraft to control its flight and receive information collected by the sensor payloads.

Certain spectrum frequencies are sometimes referred to as bands and the amount of the spectrum needed to permit transmission of information is referred to as bandwidth. More bandwidth is needed to transmit video and other information obtained by sensor payloads than to maintain flight control of the aircraft.

There are many issues related to UAS and spectrum access. I hope to address some of them and other aspects of the exciting world of UAS in the future. See you next week.


Please see the links below for more information:

http://www.linkedin.com/in/marknlewellen

http://www.aticourses.com/unmanned_aircraft_systems.html

http://www.expertclick.com/9424/Mark_Lewellen.aspx