Following the stakeholder feedback workshop, the research team methodically organized all the collected feedback. In addition to the over 20 pages of feedback notes from the group workshop, five members of the stakeholder feedback workshop completed a full independent review of the Draft Guide and provided comments via the electronic Microsoft Word file. After systematically organizing all the collected feedback, the research team reviewed the feedback to finalize the approach for implementing the feedback and developed the final deliverables.
The primary focus of this research was to provide State DOTs with a comprehensive resource to use to overcome challenges and increase the operational maturity of their use of UAS. The secondary objective was to provide State DOTs and other government agencies and transportation authorities with a better understanding of AAM technology, potential use cases, and their potential roles in facilitating successful AAM implementation.