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March 29, 2013

FAA ON ‘DRONE ZONE’ LOCATIONS: NOTHING IS RULED OUT

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http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/03/28/FAA-drone-zones-cities

Drone tests may soon be carried out over a city near you. In response to Breitbart News queries about the limitations on the location of so-called “drone zones” – zones specifically designated to test commercial and military drones under Federal Aviation Administration regulations – FAA Pacific Division Public Affairs Manager Ian Gregor told Breitbart News, “I don’t believe anything is ruled out.” This means that even heavily populated areas will be considered for possible drone zones.

Gregor added, The Congressional mandate states the FAA must consider geographic and climatic diversity and the location of ground infrastructure and research needs in selecting [unmanned aircraft system (UAS)] test sites … The FAA does not believe the planned test sites need to be identical. It is possible that the size of the sites as well as the research work performed will vary from site to site.
Several states have been competing for the billions of dollars in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) development that will surely follow the FAAs establishment of drone zones. These locations include California, Nevada, Iowa, and Ohio. As of Thursday morning, California Governor Jerry Browns office had not responded to requests for comment. Overall, the FAA is expected to clear six drone zones.
Ben Shapiro is Editor-At-Large of Breitbart News and author of the book Bullies: How the Lefts Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences America (Threshold Editions, January 8, 2013).

1 Comment

  1. This pilot undoubtedly almsot ran into some sort of aerial object and it didn’t register on radar. I think there is a distinct possiblity that this was a surveillance drone used either by local law agencies, even the D.E.A., or the Federal Government for whatever reason. It also could have been somebodie’s remote controlled device as ubiquitous and inexpensive as they can be. The main big problems are that it came way too close to a plane and could have caused serious damage, injury, or even death, and the F.A.A. should find out who owns that device and inform the public of their findings. The other problem is that it didn’t show up on whatever radar capacity was being used at that facility. Was this because the object was too small to show up? If so this shortcoming should be corrected as this sort of thing has occurred more than once.

    Comment by Damir — May 9, 2013 @ 6:01 am

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