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FAA To Test ScanEagle UAS For National Air Space Integration Planning

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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

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By Calvin Biesecker Boeing [BA] and the Federal Aviation Administration [FAA] yesterday signed an agreement whereby the regulatory agency will take possession of two of the company's ScanEagle Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for actual and simulated flight testing to conduct research in guiding efforts to integrate unmanned aircraft into the National Air Space (NAS). The two-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) includes two ScanEagle UAS, which are considered small UAS systems, two ground control stations, spare parts, launch and…

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