NOAA Classifies its Drones as Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Capt. Phil Hall, an emerging technologies officer at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), said it was always “clear” to NOAA that drones should be classified as aircraft. Speaking at an ACT-IAC event, Hall confirmed that NOAA follows the Federal Aviation Administration in considering unmanned aircraft systems, often called drones, as proper aircraft from