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Northern, FAA may form deal to test drones

Montana State University-Northern is looking to start a national-level testing and education center that could bring hundreds — or more — new jobs to the area, its chancellor said Thursday.

"It's huge, it could be huge," Frank Trocki said.

No r t h e r n i s wo r k i n g wi t h Mississippi State University, which is looking to use unmanned aircraft for weather testing, and the John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi to try to set up a Federal Aviation Administration Center of Excellence.

The center would research using unmanned drone aircraft in commercial airspace. Trocki said he w...

 

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