Monday open house set for ACUASI's new Nenana drone hangar

Monday open house set for ACUASI's new Nenana drone hangar

A public open house for the new Nenana hangar of the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration is scheduled for 2-4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16.

ACUASI is a part of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute.

UAF Chancellor Dan White, UAF Vice Chancellor for Research Nettie LaBelle-Hamer, University of Alaska Regent Dennis Michel, UAF Geophysical Institute Associate Director Laura Conner and ACUASI Director Cathy Cahill are scheduled to attend.

The hangar is located at Nenana Municipal Airport, which is owned and operated by the city of Nenana. Access is from the Parks Highway about one mile south of the city's business district.

The University of Alaska Board of Regents approved funding for the 4,800-square-foot hangarin February 2023.

The hangar will serve as a base for drone cargo test flights between Fairbanks and Nenana. It will also serve as a home for other innovative autonomous systems technology development and testing as a part of the new ACUASI Emerging Technologies Test Range Network.

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