GOVERNOR MARTINEZ WANTS NEW MEXICO TO BECOME ONE OF THE SELECT AREAS OF THE U-S WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EXPERIMENTS WITH NEW USES FOR DRONES. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS MARTINEZ WAS IN WASHINGTON THURSDAY, TOUTING THE NEW PROGRAM AS AN EXPERIMENT THAT WOULD PERMIT STATE, LOCAL AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS TO EXPAND THE USE OF DRONES.
THE PROGRAM WOULD LOOSEN UP LIMITS ON DRONES IN SOME CASES. THE U-S TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS TAKING APPLICATIONS FROM THOSE GOVERNMENTS TO TEST DRONES IN WAYS MORE COMPLEX THAN USUAL … LIKE RESPONDING TO DISASTERS AND DELIVERING PACKAGES.
THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO CREATE FIVE LOCATIONS WHERE THE DRONES CAN BE TESTED.
