Congress Calls for Accelerated Use of Drones in U.S.

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Congress Calls for Accelerated Use of Drones in U.S. | Secrecy News


A House-Senate conference report this week called on the Administration to accelerate the use of civilian unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or “drones,” in U.S. airspace.

The pending authorization bill for the Federal Aviation Administration directs the Secretary of Transporation to develop within nine months “a comprehensive plan to safely accelerate the integration of civil unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system.”

“The plan… shall provide for the safe integration of civil unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system as soon as practicable, but not later than September 30, 2015.”

[Forgiven]

And the reason for the necessity of drones was conveniently unmentioned...