A Holiday Gift? Unwrapping Unmanned Impacts in the Omnibus Spending Act
On the cusp of Christmas, Congress offered up the best gift of all: a bipartisan appropriations act. Much coverage has focused on the $900 billion “COVID Relief,” but, now that the president has signed the bill, multiple sugarplums for the unmanned systems industry can be found tucked away within its 5000-plus pages. This article outlines the three sweetest ones.
Topics: appropriations act, Counter-UAS, CUAS, Drone Delivery, Federal R&D, UAS Acquisitions, Department of Justice, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Transportation, Army Corps of Engineer