The Federal Aviation Administration has given authority for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) usage beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) across 35 miles of airspace within New York’s 50-mile drone corridor, Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance Inc., or NUAIR, announced Tuesday in a statement.
Current regulations only allow drone operators to fly drones that have a pair of eyes on them, thereby limiting the ability to fly long distances.
The ability to safely fly BVLOS is key to unlocking the economic advantage of routine commercial drone operations for things like medical and package deliveries, NUAIR said.
“We have a long track record of safe UAS test flights and real-life implementation, including BVLOS operations,” said NUAIR Chief of Operations Tony Basile in a statement. “This new BVLOS airspace authorization will allow us to test more advanced, long-range flights and help us prove BVLOS operations can be done safely — the key component in realizing the true economic advantage of commercial drone operations.”
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