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FAA Grants CNN Permission to Test Drones in News Gathering

By Covington Team on January 13, 2015

Posted in Drones

The Federal Aviation Administration will allow CNN to test the use of drones in news gathering under a research agreement that will study how drones can be used safely and effectively by news organizations.

While the FAA has granted limited exemptions for commercial drone use in controlled settings, such as…
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The Exploding Use of Drones

By Covington Team on May 15, 2014

Posted in Congressional Action, Drones

The potential for drones, i.e., unmanned aircraft systems (“UAS”), is tremendous. After years of being associated with military operations, the civilian UAS market is expected to dramatically expand in the United States in the next ten years. A multitude of conceivable applications for UAS — including mapping, weather forecasting…

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