{"id":25222,"date":"2023-03-27T22:46:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T22:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=25222"},"modified":"2023-03-27T22:46:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T22:46:19","slug":"commercial-drone-alliance-executive-director-testifies-before-the-u-s-house-of-representatives-committee-on-science-space-and-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/unmanned-systems\/commercial-drone-alliance-executive-director-testifies-before-the-u-s-house-of-representatives-committee-on-science-space-and-technology\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Commercial Drone Alliance Executive Director Testifies Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Commercial Drone Alliance (CDA), an independent 501c6\nnon-profit organization led by key members of the commercial drone industry, announced\nthat its Executive Director, Lisa Ellman, testified recently on its behalf\nbefore the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and\nTechnology. The purpose of the hearing titled Advance Air Mobility: The Future\nof Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Beyond was to examine the status and outlook\nfor uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and advanced air mobility (AAM) as well as\nserve as a legislative hearing for the National Drone and Advanced Air Mobility\nAct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lisa Ellman\u2019s testimony focused on the vast societal\nbenefits of UAS and how the United States can maintain its role as a global\nleader in advanced aviation, including through federal government investment in\nresearch and development. Specifically, she:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>highlighted the significant life-saving,\neconomic, and societal benefits of commercial drones \u2014 from creating jobs and\nenhancing worker safety, to protecting the environment and revolutionizing\ninspections of critical infrastructure, to expanding equitable and efficient\naccess to medicines, to generating tremendous economic value and facilitating\ncommercial deliveries, to enhancing public safety and fighting wildfires.<\/li><li>warned that the vast benefits of UAS cannot yet\nbe truly realized here in the United States. Regulatory paralysis and undue\nregulatory burdens have prevented scalable UAS operations and limited the\nintegration of UAS into the national airspace system (NAS).<\/li><li>explained that the opportunity cost of inaction\ncontinues to grow as the gap between technology and policy in the United States\ncontinues to widen and the United States loses ground to other countries in\nthis sector. Congress has the opportunity to close this gap, ensuring U.S.\nleadership and competitiveness in the next era of advanced aviation, and bring\nthe benefits of commercial drones and AAM to the American public. This requires\nenabling U.S. companies to perform research and development here at home.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe CDA appreciates the opportunity to appear before you today\nto provide our perspective in support of your work,\u201d Lisa Ellman told\nlawmakers. \u201cWe look forward to continuing to collaborate with you and your\nstaffs to ensure that America is able to maintain and enhance our global\nleadership in advanced aviation in years to come by implementing scalable UAS\nand AAM operations and integration into the NAS.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A complete recording of the hearing can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/science.house.gov\/hearings?ID=F7FF253C-B8F0-47C3-A71A-162C7CD93DEB\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Commercial Drone Alliance (CDA), an independent 501c6 non-profit organization led by key members of the commercial drone industry, announced that its Executive Director, Lisa Ellman, testified recently on its behalf before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. 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