Sentences with phrase «drone test site»

The online retailer has multiple drone testing sites set up across the world — in the U.K., Canada, the U.S., Austria and Israel — and has been on a global hiring spree to ramp up its engineering staff with aviation expertise.

In addition, the question of his mutual support for the Griffiss International Airport drone testing site — that has resulted in the creation of 6 jobs at the cost of over $ 6 million in taxpayer dollars — would be in question as well.

Not exact matches

The Senate held hearings Wednesday about the potential economic benefit of having unmanned aircraft in U.S. airspace, and the Federal Aviation Administration has chosen six test sites for domestic drones.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has rejected a bid from New York state, Amazon and other partners who wanted to make the state one of 10 new national test sites for drone technology.

It is one of seven test sites sanctioned by the Federal Aviation Administration and an anchor for a 50 - mile corridor that allows drones to fly beyond line of sight.

The convention will take place at sites in Central New York and the Mohawk Valley that are affiliated with NUAIR Alliance, a nonprofit consortium that runs one of six national test sites for drones authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration, the sources said.

These opportunities build on the explosion in demand at the NUAIR - managed test site in Rome, and New York State's investments in the drone sector.