The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) this month issued a Screening Information Request (SIR) for six ranges that will be used to test unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as part of the government’s plan to integrate the technology into the national airspace. Establishing the test sites is a component of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 signed by President Obama a year ago with the goal of fully integrating UAVs into the airspace by 2015. “The UAS test site program…
FAA Seeks Proposals for UAV Test Sites
Defense Daily Staff
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