Kansas Team Gets FAA Waiver For Drone Flights

Credit: Artist's concept of Albatross: Applied Aeronautics
The FAA has granted a team headed by the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) a waiver to fly small drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) of an operator using an onboard detect-and-avoid system. Operating under the FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program (UAS IPP), the...

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