USA Drone Port, National Unmanned Robotics Research and Development Center, located in the beautiful mountains of Eastern Kentucky has G airspace provides research and development opportunities for small and large business, secondary and post-secondary education, and government entities. The USA Drone Port will not only serve unmanned aerial vehicles but in future phases, will accommodate unmanned land vehicles as well as unmanned aqua pods. Private, government and military institutions have the opportunity to utilize the facility to research and develop unmanned systems technology including aerial, terrestrial and aquatic vehicles. The facility will include a 3500-foot runway, multiple helipads, advanced manufacturing, and 3-D printing facility, office space, an indoor unmanned systems technology testing facility, and a hangar suitable for two military Predator Drones and multiple smaller aerial drones once completed. The facility will be fully equipped with high-speed internet access available used by research and government facilities known as Internet 2. Secondary and post-secondary education will have access to classroom space. The USA Drone Port is a pioneering new aeronautics facility located in the beautiful mountains of eastern Kentucky near Hazard, Kentucky. Just as our coal industry once looked beneath the earth for the source of its commercial assets, today the Drone Port looks to the skies for its own most important strategic advantage—accessible G airspace that enables beyond-the-line-of-sight testing and refinement of emerging drone technologies. Suddenly it has been possible for our rural site to step up and become a world leader in helping to develop emerging autonomous vehicle technologies that are rapidly transforming everything from unmanned door-to-door package delivery to monitoring agricultural production to search and rescue operations.
