
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on June 20 said that the Texas A&M University test site for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) is now operational, bringing to four the number of planned test sites that are permitted to begin flight-testing. The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi team was granted a two-year waiver by the FAA to fly the RS-16 UAS, which is built by American Aerospace Advisors, Inc. The RS-16, which weighs 85-pounds, has a 13-foot wing span and can fly for between…