WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin issued the following press release:
Last week, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, announced (https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/trumps-transportation-secretary-duffy-faa-administrator-bedford-announce-two-new) the selection of The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma as one of two new test sites for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Choctaw Nation is one of the first new UAS testing grounds in nearly a decade.
In 2024, Senator Mullin's amendment (https://www.mullin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/mullin-highlights-oklahoma-wins-in-faa-reauthorization/), #1944, to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act directed the FAA to allow non-legacy Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)...