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FAA's Ability To Manage Drones Probed

DOT IG Launches Audit

By Mark Huber • Contributor

November 9, 2018

Can the FAA adequately manage air traffic control for the swelling U.S. UAS market? The Department of Transportation (DOT) is initiating an audit to find out whether it can. “Our prior and ongoing work has shown that [the] FAA is challenged to keep pace with the volume of requests for UAS to operate in controlled airspace near airports,” the DOT’s Inspector General said this week, announcing the audit on the FAA’s role in authorizing small UAS operations.

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