U.S. Army
U.S. Army's Categorical Exclusions (opens in new tab)Categorical Exclusion
(h) Training; research, development, engineering, testing, evaluation and demonstration; manufacturing operations, and human systems integration:
Exclusion Text
(17) Testing, evaluation, and demonstration of UAV and associated technologies. Testing includes scenarios in which (i) the UAV is: launched, operated, landed, and recovered solely within land boundaries of a military installation or within DoD real estate lease agreement land holdings; (ii) the entire flight from launch to landing occurs over an established range designed for testing of such systems; (iii) the entire flight from launch to landing occurs within DoD controlled airspace; and (iv) landing and recovery of UAVs, and recovery, when feasible, of associated test materials including munitions occurs within a designated test range or impact area (REC required).
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