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Homeland Security

FAA to Test ScanEagle UASA for National Air Space Integration

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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

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Boeing [BA] and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have 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 includes the two ScanEagles, which are considered small UAS systems, two ground control stations, spare parts, launch and recovery mechanisms, and related…

Congress

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