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Unmanned Aircraft Pose US Airspace Problems

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the just-what-we-need-more-governmental-bodies dept.

coondoggie writes to tell us that congressional watchdogs have called on Congress to create a body within the FAA to oversee unmanned aircraft development and integration. The group cited the rapidly growing unmanned aircraft community and is worried about the possible repercussions. "The GAO also called on the FAA to work with the Department of Defense, which has extensive unmanned aircraft experience, to issue its program plan. In addition, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) assesses the security implications of routine unmanned aircraft access to commercial airspace, the GAO said. Even if all issues are addressed, and there are a number of critical problems, unmanned aircraft may not receive routine access to the national airspace system until 2020, the GAO concluded."

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  1. Unmanned or kids - what is worst? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "The group cited the rapidly growing unmanned aircraft community and is worried about the possible repercussions."

    They are worried about the unmanned aircraft?! LOL! What about kids, here from Arkansas -
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vOUoEGlnAk

    Frightening perspectives.

  2. Re:The major problem with unmanned aircraft by Vectronic · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh of course, a "femanist"...

    1) It was an obvious joke.
    2) WTF does coding have to do with flying a fucking plane?
    3) And yet its ok to make fun of males who:
      - Can't Cook
      - Can't Clean
      - Can't Sew
      - Can't Decorate
      - Has A Bad Memory
      - Doesnt find anything special about ponies/puppies/kittens
      - etc, etc, etc...

    And no i was not the AC... I'm sick of females like you giving femanism a bad name... equal rights, and pay etc, doesnt mean all males all over the world have to immedietly stop making remarks about how good or bad females may or may not be at something...I was about to go into that rant further, but then I decided to look at your message history...

    This is Slashdot, not FemDot.