The Midwest UAS Test Site of Indiana, one of two test sites the FAA designated in January, plans to use the special-use airspace over Camp Atterbury for kinetic and counter-drone testing, its director Dale Lyles told WTHI, according to DroneXL. He said this sets the site apart from every other US test site.
The site is partnered with the Indiana National Guard. It opened on 29 October with a beyond visual line of sight flight by a Purdue University-owned Windracers ULTRA, which covered more than 80 kilometres from Terre Haute Regional Airport and dropped boxes by parachute. Windracers says the aircraft will now be tested for dropping emergency supplies to communities hit by seasonal flooding.
