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FAA To Research Allowing Unmanned Aircraft Fly in National Airspace System
The FAA’s William J.

The FAA’s William J. Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City, N.J., forged a cooperative research and development agreement with Bingen, Wash.-based Insitu and the New Jersey Air National Guard to study unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and to address their integration into the National Airspace System (NAS).

As part of the two-year agreement, Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing, will provide two ScanEagle unmanned aircraft and their related support hardware and data to the FAA. The FAA will conduct research to guide development of recommendations for integrating unmanned aircraft systems into the NAS.

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