{"id":1043,"date":"2013-02-19T22:12:02","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T22:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/?p=1043"},"modified":"2013-02-19T23:15:27","modified_gmt":"2013-02-19T23:15:27","slug":"faa-releases-rfp-to-select-six-uas-test-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/2013\/02\/19\/faa-releases-rfp-to-select-six-uas-test-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"FAA Releases RFP to Select Six UAS Test Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faaco.faa.gov\/index.cfm\/announcement\/view\/13143\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12297\" alt=\"Federal Aviation Administration\" src=\"https:\/\/02b954f.netsolhost.com\/images\/248_FAA.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, 2\/14, the FAA issued\u00a0its long awaited and overdue\u00a0Screening Information Request (SIR), otherwise known as a Request for Proposal (RFP), to develop and test unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) at six sites around the country.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement by\u00a0Michael Toscano, President and CEO of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, AUVSI sees the &#8220;announcement by the FAA is an important milestone on the path toward unlocking the potential of unmanned aircraft, and creating thousands of American jobs. Whether it is helping search and rescue teams, assisting in disaster response, or aiding scientific research, unmanned aircraft extend the human reach and allow us to accomplish dangerous and difficult tasks safely and efficiently.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Click the\u00a0link below to read an abstract of the SIR and the release of the RFP&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/faaco.faa.gov\/index.cfm\/announcement\/view\/13143\" target=\"_blank\">Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Site Selection (UASTSS)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, read the article in MSN News Online&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/news.msn.com\/us\/faa-takes-step-toward-widespread-us-drone-flights\" target=\"_blank\">FAA takes step toward widespread US drone flights<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rich Hanson<br \/>\nAMA Government and Regulatory Affairs<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, 2\/14, the FAA issued\u00a0its long awaited and overdue\u00a0Screening Information Request (SIR), otherwise known as a Request for Proposal (RFP), to develop and test unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) at six sites around the country. In a statement by\u00a0Michael Toscano, President and CEO of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1043"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1068,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043\/revisions\/1068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}