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Business Owner Doubts Government’s UAV Licensing Plan, Cites Timeline, ‘Few Details’

Wednesday, October 28th, 2015

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A business owner who wants to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) professionally has doubts about FAA and the Transportation Department’s preliminary plan for registering unmanned systems.Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and FAA Administrator Michael Huerta announced Oct. 19 the creation of a task force to develop recommendations for a UAV registration process, according to a DOT statement. Composed of 25 to 30 representatives from the UAV and manned aviation industries, the federal government and other stakeholders, the group will advise DOT…

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