Bennet, Flake Introduce Amendment to Combat Wildfires
Provision Would Help Harness Unmanned Aerial Systems Technology to Fight Wildfires
Jul 25, 2013
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ) introduced an amendment late yesterday to create two additional test sites for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) that would focus on fighting wildfires, which have devastated forest land throughout the Western United States.
“Extreme wildfires have become an all too comm...