Just over six months after President Trump announced the creation of a program meant to spur the development of drone trials around the country, the Department of Transportation has announced the first 10 winners. Among those selected, three state transportation agencies, two US cities, and two universities will work with private companies like FedEx and CNN on trials that will see drones used for tasks like package delivery, journalism, healthcare, and more.
“This is such an exciting day for aviation, for safety, for innovation,” US Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said at an event today in Washington, DC. The US is at a “tipping point” with drones, she said, as 1.1 million of them (and 90,000 pilots) have been registered with the...
