Aviation

Registration opens for state drone summit in Wichita

By Jerry Siebenmark

The Wichita Eagle
Blue Chip UAS is a drone company that is the only Wichita company authorized by the FAA to commercially operate drones. The four partners, from left, – Andrew Fawcett, Clint Stevens, James McCosh and James Burns – specialize in topographical survey work and 3D mapping of locations.
Blue Chip UAS is a drone company that is the only Wichita company authorized by the FAA to commercially operate drones. The four partners, from left, – Andrew Fawcett, Clint Stevens, James McCosh and James Burns – specialize in topographical survey work and 3D mapping of locations. Travis Heying The Wichita Eagle

State officials on Friday said they have opened registration for the Kansas Unmanned Aerial Systems Summit next month in Wichita.

The summit will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 15 at the National Center for Aviation Training, 4004 N. Webb.

The first-of-its-kind summit will focus on capitalizing on Kansas’ existing aviation assets to grow a UAS industry. It also will include discussions about the use of UAS as a hobby or a business, a UAS flight demonstration and a business development session.

“With this summit we hope to both improve the public perception of UAS and keep Kansas at the forefront of attracting UAS industry to our great state,” Tiffany Brown, director of the Kansas Department of Transportation’s aviation division, said in a news release.

The summit is open to the public but registration is required. To register, see http://www.kansasuassummit.com/.

This story was originally published September 11, 2015 at 11:16 AM with the headline "Registration opens for state drone summit in Wichita."

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