FAA ( FAA ) has said it is backing innovative ideas about drones operating in commercial airspace with $6m of matching funding. It has called for proposals and said it expected at least seven schemes to win awards of $ 425,000-$850,000 . White papers are due by September and full proposals September , with awards announced in the end of June 2019 . The The US Federal Aviation Administration said schemes had to have passed initial research stages and be almost viable, with companies involved having to show an existing FAA contract or that funding would allow it a contract with a test site.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said it is backing innovative ideas about drones operating in commercial airspace with $6m of matching funding. It has called for proposals and said it expected at least seven schemes to win awards of $425,000-$850,000. White papers are due by the end of June 2019 and full proposals a month later, with awards announced in September. The FAA said schemes had to have passed initial research stages and be almost viable, with companies involved having to show an existing FAA contract or that funding would allow it a contract with a test site.