HS Today reports that the FAA is collaborating with industry to help certain businesses start leveraging unmanned technology before the agency releases final UAS guidance, according to HS Today.
Jim Williams, FAA manager for UAS integration, said he expects the agency to approve limited drone use in the filmmaking, powerline and flare stack inspection and precision agriculture fields, according to the report.
âThese industries represent the examples of the commercial potential that we highlighted in our economic report last year,â said Michael Toscano, AUVSI president and CEO, according to HS Today.
âThe report found that in the first decade following integration, the UAS industry will create more than 100,000 jobs and $82 billion in economic impact,” Toscano added, according to the article.