The Aeronautics Division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has received $1 million in funding from the Federal Highway Administration’s Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) Demonstration Program. This grant funding goes toward the second stage of a three-phase project, using Unmanned Aircraft Systems (“UAS,” also known as drones,) to create a “digital software systems infrastructure.”
Implementing the necessary UAS digital infrastructure to integrate UAS technology into the operations of MassDOT’s Highway Division and a variety of MassDOT agencies will enhance the state’s ability to collect, store, process, and disseminate UAS data throughout MassDOT, according to the agency.
