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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nCommercial drone operations are already providing essential\nservices to the American public and hold immense promise to simultaneously\nprovide workforce, economic, and environmental benefits to the communities\nwhere they operate. Examples of commercial drone operations include\ninfrastructure inspections, package delivery, wireless internet and cell\nconnectivity, agricultural surveying and many more. Drones are also being used\nby first responders to save lives serving search and rescue, firefighting, and\npolice departments across the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Numerous industries are relying on drones for their\noperations, and significant industry growth is expected in the years ahead.\nAccording to the FAA, as of October 2022 there are 869,000 registered drones\nwith over 300,000 of those flown commercially; by 2025, there will be 2.49\nmillion operational drones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cState, local, and tribal governments have a key role to\nplay in the growing drone economy and the Drone Prepared campaign provides\ncritical resources for communities to understand the complex, evolving industry\nand begin preparing in ways that will welcome the industry, and its benefits,\nto their geographies,\u201d said Michael Healander, President & CEO at Airspace\nLink, an AUVSI Premium Member. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nTo educate lawmakers at the state, local, and tribal levels\nabout how they can prepare for this increase in drones in a way that brings\neconomic, environmental and workforce benefits, AUVSI will engage its robust\nnetwork of chapters and local advocates. The campaign will also leverage\nleaders in the industry, build coalitions with diverse partners, publish\nresearch, and provide recommendations on industry-backed solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“In Texas, small business owners and large corporations\nalike are eager to leverage drones and take advantage of the many benefits they\nprovide. AUVSI Lone Star – and our other chapters throughout the nation – look\nforward to working closely with lawmakers to implement legislation that fosters\nthe continued growth of this exciting industry,” said Adrian Doko, AUVSI\nLone Star Chapter President and CEO of Imperial Aerial, Inc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the 2023 legislative sessions, AUVSI will support\nproposals in states nationwide to achieve drone preparedness which: (1) Promote\ndrone use for public benefit; (2) Recognize the authority of the Federal\nAviation Administration over airspace navigation and safety; (3) Leverage\nexisting laws that already address concerns like privacy and trespass; and (4)\nPromote technology neutrality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Michael Smitsky, Director, Government Affairs at AUVSI,\nsaid: \u201cThe potential for expansion of commercial drone operations remains\ntremendous. We welcome opportunities to share with lawmakers how they can\nunlock scalable, secure and sustainable commercial drone operations that will\nbenefit their communities \u2013 while maintaining the highest levels of airspace\nsafety and regulatory compliance.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Drone Prepared partners include AUVSI\u2019s Air Advocacy\nCommittee members, including Airspace Link, Echodyne, and Aura Network Systems;\nthe Drone Service Providers Alliance; and Wiley Rein LLP. Learn more about\nDrone Prepared at droneprepared.org. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) announced the launch of \u201cDrone Prepared,\u201d a multi-state initiative to help lawmakers ensure that their state or locality is ready for the benefits the future of uncrewed and autonomous flight will bring to their communities. Commercial drone operations are already providing essential services to the American public […]<\/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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24289","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=24289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24292,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24289\/revisions\/24292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}