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Trump Administration Approves 10 New Drone Projects Around the Country (theverge.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Just over six months after President Trump announced the creation of a program meant to spur the development of drone trials around the country, the Department of Transportation has announced the first 10 winners. Among those selected, three state transportation agencies, two US cities, and two universities will work with private companies like FedEx and CNN on trials that will see drones used for tasks like package delivery, journalism, healthcare, and more.
Formally known as the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot, the program encourages U.S. cities and states to partner with companies on drone trials that expand how the aircraft are used around the country. This includes, in some cases, allowing drones to fly over crowds, beyond the pilot's line of sight, and at night -- situations that are usually prohibited unless the person flying obtains an official waiver from the FAA. The goal with the program is to accelerate potential commercial applications for drone use. One of the 10 selections is Florida's Lee County Mosquito Control District. The small government agency will use drones to help control mosquito populations by searching for hard-to-find pockets of larvae at a faster rate than inspectors can on foot, while also reducing the risk of being bitten. The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma will work on flying drones beyond a pilot's line of sight as part of a partnership with CNN. Furthermore, North Carolina's DOT was selected to test the food drone delivery service, Tennessee's Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority was chosen to test deliveries in partnership with FedEx, and the City of Reno, Nevada was picked to work with Flirtey, a company focused on using drones to deliver medical supplies.
Formally known as the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot, the program encourages U.S. cities and states to partner with companies on drone trials that expand how the aircraft are used around the country. This includes, in some cases, allowing drones to fly over crowds, beyond the pilot's line of sight, and at night -- situations that are usually prohibited unless the person flying obtains an official waiver from the FAA. The goal with the program is to accelerate potential commercial applications for drone use. One of the 10 selections is Florida's Lee County Mosquito Control District. The small government agency will use drones to help control mosquito populations by searching for hard-to-find pockets of larvae at a faster rate than inspectors can on foot, while also reducing the risk of being bitten. The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma will work on flying drones beyond a pilot's line of sight as part of a partnership with CNN. Furthermore, North Carolina's DOT was selected to test the food drone delivery service, Tennessee's Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority was chosen to test deliveries in partnership with FedEx, and the City of Reno, Nevada was picked to work with Flirtey, a company focused on using drones to deliver medical supplies.
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This is an outrage!!! We cannot let this stand! PLEASE HURRY MUELLER!!
I've never seen a coal powered drone with liberal seeking missiles piloted by SpaceForce cadets. It's the only drone project I can see Cheeto Mussolini supporting.
Not as sad as Trump getting caught taking Russian bribes and committing treason by the lawyer of the porn star who he paid to keep quiet...
Sad.
Saddest of all are losers like you who can't manage to quit obsessing about stuff which is never actually going to happen.
Drones are fine, but when are those coal miners going to get to work building that wall, Mr. President?
What are you talking about? He's been caught. We all know what he did. We have the records of Russian bribes as Trump does Moscow's bidding.
Everyone who cares to look can plainly see that Donald Trump is the worst traitor in American history. All that's left is the continuation of his public humiliation and disgrace as he gets closer to his criminal prosecution and prison sentence.
Is CNN doing package delivery or healthcare now? They sure as heck couldn't have been selected for journalism unless the drones are training to spot fake news.
Frankly, I'd be more worried if there were 10 Obama drone projects over the country, given what he mostly used drones for.
But those handguns and AR-15s TOTALLY make you free.
Of course they'll just ignore the first commercial drone delivery service on the planet, Zipline. They've been delivering blood and emergency medical supplies to about 1/3 of rural Rwanda since 2016, and Tanzania since 2017. They're going to expand into the US, if they can get through the permitting process.
http://www.flyzipline.com/
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Normally, it's the private companies that win contracts, and the governments giving them out. Even when it's a federal grant to a city, it's not usually phrased as "winning". In public-private partnerships like this, it would almost always be "FedEx wins [X], and will be doing so in conjunction/cooperation with Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority"
Feels like when Trump instructed his Trump U teachers to say "congratulations" whenever some one signed up for a class, instead of "thanks for your business" or similar.
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I can't think of anything I want less than endless flocks of drones constantly buzzing overhead. You thought the national parks were bad? Just you wait!
God, I can't even imagine what it feels like to get blueballed this hard for 3 solid years (let alone 7 more). The studies done after Trump's gone analyzing the mass psychological damage caused by media-fueled hysteria should be extremely interesting.
Obama loved drones very, very much, and it's only fitting that Donald Trump continues Obama's legacy.
Trump ran on protecting jobs that were out of date or no longer feasible for many reasons... some of which he and his party support in big ways.
So now Trump is allowing Drones to take out more jobs than coal miners lost jobs... probably within 4 years (there aren't many coal miners; and if you only count miners replaced by smarter mining it should be easy to beat that number with infant drone companies within 3 years.)
With that cuntface? /everyone can see yer a cuntface brah
The corporate partnerships with NASA, FAA, and others have been in the works for years. The 10 companies taking leadership roles being named has been known but not widely published.
Dear Big Media: This is yet another over sensationalized wordy story without any real details such as the actual tech, tools, or regulation. Please stop pushing political agendas and write real stories.
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o Drone chop-shop!
o ???
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Hilarous, they're running a pilot program to see if we can do without pilots.
Didn't most of Trump's blustering during the campaign trail revolve around how he'd hold back progress in the name of creating jobs for coal miners, buggy whip makers, and what-have-you?
Drones are going to put a *lot* of people out of work.
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