What sparked the idea to create ASSURE six years ago, and what work went into establishing it? We thought of using the FAA's Center of Excellence program as a way of bringing together corporate, government and academic resources to research the projects necessary to get UAS flying in the national airspace about six years ago. It took a lot of discussions with the FAA, as well as congressional leaders, before the FAA was comfortable with establishing a COE dedicated to unmanned operations.
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