Coverage spans more than 850,000 drones and 470,000 pilots, with 15 million flights added in the past 15 months. Part 108 would shift responsibility for qualification and currency records from the individual pilot to the operating organization.
The companies will also explore future technical collaboration in areas related to mission systems, systems integration, and other technologies.
The record-breaking flight spanned about 300 miles and lasted eight hours, 41 minutes and 43 seconds, besting the previous record by 50 minutes. The battery-powered Group 1 drone was assembled and launched during a Game of Drones demonstration at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
The table draws its information from open sources, primarily U.S. government publications, state-sponsored Iranian media, and official assessments from Israel and Ukraine (the latter for Iranian UAVs used by Russia), as well as analysis from independent researchers and investigative media reports.
Fairchild-Hiller, which was contracted for all the conversions, converted another 26 C-119Gs into AC-119Ks, primarily for the "truck hunter" role over the Ho Chi Minh Trail.