Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Senators Seek More Drone Integration Research Funding
Bipartisan Amendment Adds $3 Million To Pilot Program

A bipartisan trio of U.S. senators is proposing doubling federal funding to support integration of commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System. Sens. Mark Warner (D-Virginia), John Hoeven (R-North Dakota), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nevada) are offering an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2019 transportation, housing, and urban development portion of the "Minibus II" spending package that would double the matching grants the Department of Transportation (DOT) could offer to companies working with the FAA’s UAS integration test sites to $6 million.