Fort Campbell officials said elements of U.S. Army Special Operations Command will conduct training Sunday through Wednesday in the vicinity of installation and
More than a year after the U.S. Interior Department grounded hundreds of Chinese-made drones it was using to track wildfires and monitor dams, volcanoes and wildlife, it’s starting to look like they won’t be flying again any time soon if ever. A measure moving through Congress would impose a five-year ban on U.S. government…
Gov t use of Chinese drones in limbo as Congress weighs ban
MATT O BRIEN, AP Technology Writer
June 1, 2021
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1of6FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2015 file photo, West Salem police chief Charles Ashbeck flies his department s new drone in West Salem, Wis. More than a year after the U.S. Interior Department grounded hundreds of Chinese-made drones it was using to track wildfires and monitor dams and wildlife, the future of drone use by the federal government remains unmapped. The latest complication: Legislation moving through Congress that would block the U.S. government from using drones made in China. (Peter Thomson/La Crosse Tribune via AP)Peter Thomson/APShow MoreShow Less