Congressional Digest

Congressional Digest June 2016 No. 6 Vol. 95
Drone Use and Privacy

Domestic Drones

Balancing Privacy and Safety With Innovation and Opportunity

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Drone Use and Privacy

Presidential Memorandum on Domestic Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) technology continues to improve rapidly, and increasingly UAS are able to perform a variety of missions with greater operational flexibility and at a lower cost than comparable manned aircraft. A wide spectrum of domestic users — including industry, private citizens, and Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial governments — are using or expect to use these systems, which may play a transformative role in fields as diverse as urban infrastructure management, farming, public safety, coastal security, military training, search and rescue, and disaster response. The Congress recognized the potential wide-ranging benefits of UAS operations within the…

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