m:N Working Group Meeting Summary July 2025

From July 8 through July 10, 2025 the m:N Working Group and its subgroups met at the NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA for their biannual in-person meeting. Although the subgroups of the m:N Working Group meet virtually year-round to make progress on their individual goals, the in-person meeting serves to pull the full group together to further identify and discuss challenges and paths forward for
incorporating uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) into the airspace.

After the retirement of Jay Shively (Adaptive Aerospace), Andy Lacher (NASA) and Andy Thurling (DroneUp) took over as the leads of the m:N Working Group, with assistance from Aptima, Inc. The group comprises members of government, industry and academia who endeavor to identify and reduce barriers to m:N
operations. This includes identifying requirements, use cases, and metrics, and developing white papers to support organizations including the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA), SAE International, and Advancing Standards Transforming Markets International (ASTM).

Following the previous in-person meeting in October 2024, significant progress was made in achieving the objectives of the existing subgroups. The Airspace Integration and small UAS (sUAS) subgroups completed their white papers; the sUAS subgroup began identifying new topics to pursue; the white paper for the
Evaluation Methodologies subgroup entered its final stages of drafting; and the Interventions
and Exceptions (I&E) subgroup began drafting a
version of their white paper. With the initial
goals of these subgroups nearing completion,
the m:N Working Group shifted its attention
toward identifying new topics of interest during
the July 2025 meeting.