May 1, 2019 - The path to true, repeatable and commercial beyond visual line of sight flight is now running through a $30-million-plus unmanned aircraft systems infrastructure network set for the Silicon Valley of drones. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, along with the ND Department of Commerce, announced a $33 million investment in a first-of-its-kind BVLOS network, and other state-based UAS assets, during the country’s largest gathering of UAS manufacturers and technology companies in Chicago during the AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2019 conference.
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