Tuesday, December 31, 2013

DRONES Coming to GRIFFISS

It's a Bird,...it's a Plane...no, it's "Drones testing at Griffiss" to bring about 500 jobs Informative & interesting article from today's (12/30/13) UTICAOD.... Remember when Amazon President Jeff Bezos said he hopes to deliver packages with drones? Some of the testing for that kind of private sector use for unmanned aircraft systems will now be done at Griffiss International Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration announced today that a group headquartered at Griffiss has been awarded one of six licenses nationwide for commercial drone testing. http://www.uticaod.com/article/20131230/NEWS/131239973#131239973/?tag=1