The US Government is attempting to speed up the integration of unmanned aerial vehicles into the national airspace system and test drone detection and tracking while waiving some limits on their use: testing of drones will now include flights over people, nighttime operations, and flights out of sight of the operator. The White House stopped short of proposing new regulations that would allow broader nationwide use of drones or any timetable for new authority.



White House adviser Michael Kratsios told reporters the “program will open the skies for delivery of life-saving medicines and commercial packages, inspections of critical infrastructure, support for emergency management operations.” Kratsios said the program would allow companies and governments to operate drones in ways that are currently restricted by the FAA “including beyond-visual-line-of-sight flights, nighttime operations, and flights over people.”

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