SENATE COMMERCE CMTE HRG ON NEW ENTRANTS IN THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM, May 8, 2019, DC, 9:30 am ET (webcast)

UPDATE, May 7:  The committee announced today that the hearing tomorrow will begin at 9:30 am ET instead of 10:00 because of the floor schedule.

Original Entry: The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on May 8, 2019 at 10:00 am ET in G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building [note: location change] on “New Entrants in National Airspace: Policy, Technology, and Security Issues for Congress.”  The “new entrants” include space launches and reentries.

The committee webcasts its hearings on its website.

Scheduled witnesses are:

• Mr. Jay Merkle, Executive Director, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Office, Federal Aviation Administration
• Mr. Wayne Montieth, Associate Administrator, Office of Commercial Space Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration
• Mr. Dallas Brooks, Director, Raspet Flight Research Laboratory, Mississippi State University
• Mr. Zach Lovering, Vice President, Urban Air Mobility Systems, Airbus
• Mr. Eric Stallmer, President, Commercial Spaceflight Federation