The solicitation covers two categories, including Near Space direct-to-Earth (DTE), which covers direct-to-Earth communication and navigation services for customer missions, spacecraft, or payloads up to 2 million kilometers from Earth.
The FAA wants to evaluate the viability of using small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) in augmenting maintenance operations, troubleshooting, restoration, emergency response activities, as well as evaluating potential risks and impacts.