Unmanned systems updates: Government shutdown risks, UAS advances and eVTOL industry challenges

Unmanned systems updates: Government shutdown risks, UAS advances and eVTOL industry challenges

To echo the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International’s (AUVSI) pleas to Congress, a prolonged government shutdown could impact recent efforts to establish stronger counter-UAS protection for sensitive establishments across the U.S. and forestall key Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) hiring plans to support safe drone integration into the U.S. National Airspace System. Nothing is good about having roughly 750,000 people out of w…