Vantis is the state of North Dakota's system for enabling advanced UAS operations. Vantis represents aviation-grade infrastructure and services to support beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) flights, significantly expanding operational range for public and commercial UAS programs.
Administered by the Northern Plains UAS Test Site, Vantis comprises physical and virtual infrastructure and services as well as a regulatory framework to provide turnkey support to drone operators. Using only National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) compliant UAS, Vantis is the first system of its scale in the United States, facilitating commercial drone use across various industries like agriculture, energy, public safety, and transportation.
It securely integrates unfiltered radar data from the Federal Aviation Administration through the Vantis Federal Radar Data Enclave, enabling even more opportunities for UAS research and development and greater BVLOS flight capabilities.
