Aircraft
Police, Colleges Prominent Among Entities Operating UAVs
The Miami-Dade, Fla., Police Department has developed standard operating procedures for the Honeywell T-Hawk micro air vehicle, which is flown by an operator using a computer.
The Miami-Dade, Fla., Police Department has developed standard operating procedures for the Honeywell T-Hawk micro air vehicle, which is flown by an operator using a computer.

Compelled by a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, the FAA released information in April identifying the public and private entities authorized to operate UAVs in U.S. domestic airspace. While many of those entities received prior publicity in local press reports and elsewhere for their activities, the FAA’s compilation did shed light on the types of organization that are planning to participate when UAVs gain entry to the National Airspace System (NAS) in 2015, as mandated by Congress.