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News Source Record

# News Source Record

**L-Ne / Open-source news extract** — Original media coverage of unmanned aerial systems.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Collection date | 30 December 2013 |
| Platform | Quiet Systems |
| Data label | Open-source news record // LRRK collection product |
| Handling | Public-source material. Image rights require separate verification before publication. |
| Scale | National |
| Language | English |
| Terms matched | drones; unmanned aircraft systems |

## Bibliographic

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Outlet | Ars Technica |
| Title | Drones now have six American “test ranges” in which to fly |
| Dateline | — (Cyrus Farivar) |
| First publisher | yes |
| Original URL | https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/12/drones-now-have-6-american-test-ranges-in-which-to-fly/ |
| Archive URL | — |
| Dedup key | 2013-12-30|ars-technica|faa-six-uas-test-ranges |
| Source grade | B1 |

## Record

**Verified extract — [Fact — B1]** Cyrus Farivar reported that after the FAA’s November 2013 “roadmap” for integrating unmanned aircraft systems, the agency on Monday announced six research-and-test site operators: University of Alaska; the state of Nevada; Griffiss International Airport in upstate New York; the state of North Dakota; Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi; and Virginia Tech. Selection factors quoted from the FAA: geography, climate, ground infrastructure, research needs, airspace use, safety, aviation experience, and risk. Test ranges were due to end by February 2017, by which time new drone-usage rules should be finalized.

**Kinematic object.** Six FAA UAS test ranges / operators named above

**Coverage frame.** regulatory

## Source integrity

- Why this is treated as an original
- Wire reprint status: Ars original tech-policy write-up of the FAA announcement; not an AP dump (different operator-level detail and 2017 sunset).
- What was excluded

- “On Monday” plus /2013/12/ URL; announcement Monday was 30 December 2013.
- Deduped from AP/BBC same event.

## LRRK relevance

Control Fabric. Records the 2017 sunset on the first civil UAS ranges.

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