For Immediate Release – May 12, 2015


Contact: Dan Lebiednik, 202-777-3527 or dlebiednik@clsstrategies.com




Arlington, VA ^— Brian Wynne, president and CEO of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), today released the following statement on the Commercial UAS Modernization Act, sponsored by Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND): 



“AUVSI appreciates the efforts of Senators Booker and Hoeven to accelerate the safe integration of UAS in the National Airspace System. Their proposed legislation elevates UAS as a national priority, ensuring the industry can quickly and safely takeoff in the U.S. and keep pace with other countries that already have more permissive UAS regulations. The sooner we allow the broader use of this technology, the more quickly the U.S. will realize the many societal and economic benefits of UAS.”



According to AUVSI’s economic impact report, within 10 years of integration, the UAS industry will represent an $82 billion segment of the U.S. economy and generate more than 100,000 new high-paying technical jobs. Conversely, each day the rulemaking is delayed, the U.S. loses a projected $27 million in economic impact.



AUVSI’s economic impact study may be found here. 

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The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) — the world's largest nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of unmanned systems and robotics— represents more than 7,500 members from 60+ allied countries involved in the fields of government, industry and academia. AUVSI members work in the defense, civil and commercial markets.