NEXT IS OUR TECH BYTES SEGMENT WHERE WE BRING YOU SOME NEW AND INTERESTING TECHNOLOGIES FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK.

FOR ITS FIFTH YEAR, NUAIR AND THE STATE'S DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES HOST THE NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC SAFETY UAS SUMMIT, UNITING EVOLVING UAS REGULATIONS WITH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES.

THROUGH LIVE DEMOS AND INTERACTIONS, PARTICIPANTS ACCESS CUTTING-EDGE UAS INNOVATIONS, FOSTERING COLLABORATION, EMPOWERMENT, AND HEIGHTENED SAFETY IN NEW YORK'S SKIES.

HAVE A LOOK.

>> WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPANIES IN THIS SPACE, AND NOT ONLY OUR WORK THAT WE DO HERE AS NUAIR BUT WE SIT ON THE BOARD OF THE COMMERCIAL DRONE LINES.

WE GO THROUGH THE BEST OF THE BEST AND BRING THEM HERE SO THAT THE STATE IS GOING TO LOOK, AND WHEN THEY START PROCURING, THEY KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR.

NUAIR PROVIDES THE SERVICES PROVIDING CERTIFICATES OF AUTHORIZATION TO FLY, WE DO ALL THIS FOR THE STATE AT NO COST.

THE FUNDING WE GET FROM THE STATE TRANSLATES THEM BEING ABLE TO GO AND BUILD THESE THINGS WITHOUT EVERY DEPARTMENT HAVING TO TALK TO CONSULTANTS TO HIRE THEM TO DO THIS WORK FOR THEM.

WE HELP THEM IN ALL PHASES OF THEIR OPERATION NOT JUST IN THE DRONE AND UNDERSTANDING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE ROI IS, WHY ARE THEY MAKING THIS INVESTMENT AND WHAT IS THE VALUE BACK TO THE STATE?

THE TAXPAYERS FUND A LOT OF THIS AND WE WANT THE STATE TO BE ABLE TO RECOOP THE FUNDS.

>> OUR PRIMARY CUSTOMER BASE OR CONSTITUENCY IS FIRST RESPONDERS, RIGHT?

SO THIS IS A HUGE BENEFIT TO THEM SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THESE TICKETS TO FIRST RESPONDER AGENCIES AND OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES IN NEW YORK STATE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE THIS TECHNOLOGY SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY AND MAKE THEIR JOBS HOPEFULLY EASIER AND SAFER.

>> WHAT WE REALLY FOCUS ON IS WHAT IS THE DELTA OF DOING THINGS THE TRADITIONAL MANUAL WAY OF DOING IT AND DIGITALLY WITH A DRONE.

THE GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT IS A BRIDGE.

EVERY TIME THERE IS A BRIDGE INSPECTION, THEY HAVE TO CLOSE TRAFFIC.

THAT IMPEDES TRAFFIC AND COMMERCE AND TAKES CREWS TO HIVE PERFORM THIS.

THE BOOM TRUCKS ARE HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLARS.

THEY CAN NOW DO THESE INSPECTIONS WITH A 10 OR $12,000 DRONE.

>> THE COST OF A DRONE HAS COME DOWN A LOT.

SO IT'S NOT EVEN A FINANCIAL BURDEN, IF YOU WILL.

CERTAINLY THE HIGHER END STUFF COSTS MORE MONEY BUT YOU CAN GET A PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING FOR RELATIVELY CHEAP.

BUT THAT'S THE EASY FART-- THAT'S THE EASY PART.

LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NOT GIVEN FREE REIGN TO THE AIR SPACE.

THEY NEED TO PROVE TO THE F.A.A.

THAT WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS SAFE.

>> A LOT OF WHAT WE DO ON THE UNMANNED SIDE MIRRORS THE MANNED SIDE OF AVIATION.

I WORK EVERY DAY WITH THE PILOTS ON MANNED AIRCRAFT AND WE WORK VERY WELL TOGETHER.

WE HAVE DONE SEARCHES TOGETHER WHERE AS LONG AS WE ARE DECONFLICTING AIR SPACE, THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

AND AGAIN, KNOWING THAT SOMETIMES CERTAIN AIRCRAFT, ESPECIALLY FOR SEARCHES, THEY'RE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

THERE MAY BE A TIME WHERE THE AIRCRAFT IS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO GET TO THE LOCATION YOU WANT IT AT.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HAVING A DRONE ON SCENE QUICKER THAN A HELICOPTER AND COST EFFICIENCY OF IT, ONE IS NOT GOING TO REPLACE THE OTHER BUT WE FOUND A WAY TO WORK THEM BOTH TOGETHER.

>> TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT MICRON COMING TO THE REGION, WE HAD TO DEVELOP 50,000 JOBS AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR SOMETHING FROM MICRON.

IT MADE US TAKE A STEP BACK AND SAY WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM IN THE DRONE INDUSTRY.

IT'S AN EMERGING INDUSTRY.

WE DON'T HAVE THE TALENT HERE AND WE STARTED WORKING WITH SYRACUSE EDUCATIONAL DISTRICT, LeMOYNE COLLEGE.

WE HAVE TO GET THE NEXT GENERATION OF PEOPLE TO GET THEM IN THE WORKFORCE AND GET THEM TRAINED.

>> THE NAME OF THE GAME IS COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP.

WE BRING THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS TOGETHER AND WOULD I SAY IN THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE MORE AUTONOMOUS FLIGHT USING DRONE AS A FIRST RESPONDER WHERE THEY AUTOMATICALLY DEPLOY DRONES BEFORE FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVE ON SCENE.

THEY WILL DEPLOY A DRONE GET IMMEDIATE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS SO THE OFFICERS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE WALK INTO AND CAN SEE IT BEFORE THEY GET THERE.

THAT'S THE TECHNOLOGY YOU ARE GOING TO SEE COME ONLINE THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS.