{"id":19470,"date":"2021-09-22T20:42:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T20:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=19470"},"modified":"2021-09-22T20:42:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T20:42:51","slug":"nasao-applauds-introduction-of-drone-infrastructure-inspection-grant-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/nasao-applauds-introduction-of-drone-infrastructure-inspection-grant-act\/%20","title":{"rendered":"NASAO Applauds Introduction of Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today, the National Association of State Aviation Officials\n(NASAO) commended Representatives Greg Stanton (D-AZ) and Garret Graves (R-LA)\nfor introducing H.R.5315, Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant (DIIG) Act, a\nbill that would establish a drone infrastructure inspection grant program and a\ndrone education and training grant program at the U.S. Department of\nTransportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"226\" height=\"48\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/NASAO.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19471\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDrone technology has the potential to save lives and help\npreserve essential infrastructure,&#8221; said Greg Pecoraro, NASAO President\nand CEO. &#8220;This bill would provide much-needed funding for drone\ninfrastructure inspection equipment and education and training at the state and\nlocal levels. This will not only help states aviation agencies acquire drone\ntechnology to safely inspect critical infrastructure, but also bolster the\nworkforce needed to manage it, and improve public safety. State aviation\nleaders appreciate the leadership of Representatives Greg Stanton and Garret\nGraves in introducing this legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) commended Representatives Greg Stanton (D-AZ) and Garret Graves (R-LA) for introducing H.R.5315, Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant (DIIG) Act, a bill that would establish a drone infrastructure inspection grant program and a drone education and training grant program at the U.S. Department of Transportation. \u201cDrone technology has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115,127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19470"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19472,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19470\/revisions\/19472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}