FAA Adds a Study On Adding Drones To Commercial Aviation

Posted by timothy on Wednesday June 9, 2010 @07:15AM from the did-you-pack-this-drone-yourself dept.

coondoggie writes "Facing a number of technical challenges, the Federal Aviation Administration said today it added another research project designed to better understand how unmanned aircraft can be brought safely into the national airspace. The FAA set a two-year research and development agreement with Insitu (an independent subsidiary of Boeing) and the New Jersey Air National Guard that will help FAA scientists to study and better understand unmanned aircraft design, construction, and features. Researchers will also look at the differences in how an air traffic controller would manage an unmanned aircraft vs. a manned aircraft."

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Re:Cue Skynet jokes by osu-neko · 2010-06-09 08:57 · Score: 0, Flamebait

2001 jokes? Let's take this a little more seriously...
Good idea...

Looks as though someone's been paid off to get the ball rolling. Special interest groups, perhaps? ...
Oh, sorry, I thought you were serious about being more serious for a moment there. XD
moar tinfoil plz kthxbai

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