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University Gets FAA BVLOS Waiver for UAS Courses

Kansas State Polytechnic incorporates flying beyond visual line of sight into UAS curriculum.

By Mark Huber • Contributor

December 10, 2018

Kansas State Polytechnic claims its UAS flight and operations degree option is the nation’s first to introduce flying beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) into college curriculum, and the campus has been granted a BVLOS waiver from the FAA, the first granted to a university by the FAA. This fall, two upper-division courses—Advanced Fixed Wing Operations and Flight and Field Operations—incorporated BVLOS into their flight labs.

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