Domestic UAS Advocates Press the Issue

Cornell U. Engineering Students

A team from Cornell University’s engineering department prepares their homegrown drone for a 2012 competition in Maryland. The domestic drone industry is leaning on the FAA to relax regulations on U.S. drone flights. Photo: Cornell.edu

At a recent Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) conference in McLean, VA unmanned aircraft  (Drone) advocates pressed FAA’s UAS Integration Office Executive Manager Jim Williams on current FAA policy regarding the domestic use of UAS un the national airspace.

Read the article by Spencer Ackerman in the online edition of Wired Magazine
Domestic-Drone Industry Prepares for Big Battle With Regulators

Rich Hanson
AMA Government and Regulatory Affairs