Drones, Other Advanced Avionics Can Soar If FAA ‘Clarifies’ Approval Process, Witnesses Tell Congressmen

Drones and other high-tech aviation devices are in production all across America, poised to help people’s lives in novel ways, ranging from helping police preview possible crime scenes to transporting emergency medical supplies to patients.
But cumbersome, murky federal processes are impeding developers, witnesses told a Congressional subcommittee on March 30, calling for a reorganization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.) lamented, “The FAA has an inability to make quick and sound decisions, and stand by those decisions, resulting in a lack of clarity for new entrants to the market. After over five years of trying, the FAA has succeeded in certifying a grand total of one drone.”…}