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UAS Need Further Work For Integration Into National Airspace, GAO Says

Defense Daily Staff

Monday, September 17th, 2012

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Obstacles remain to integrating the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the national airspace (NAS) although some progress has been made the past few years, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in a new report. Continued challenges for UAS include developing adequate sense and avoid capabilities so that they don’t interfere with other aircraft in the NAS, says the report, Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Measuring Progress and Addressing Potential Privacy Concerns Would Facilitate Integration into the National Airspace System (GAO-12-981),…

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