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RALEIGH — A Raleigh company is collaborating with the federal government on a drone research project that could one day enable fleets of unmanned aerial vehicles in American skies.
NASA, best known for its space flight efforts, is developing a concept to manage unmanned air traffic, and Raleigh’s PrecisionHawk is a collaborator.
Allison Ferguson, project lead for PrecisionHawk, compares the system to a restaurant reservation service, and says it’s the first step in enabling a broader (and safe)…