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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 | 25 May 2012 |
| Platform | Quiet Systems |
| Data label | Open-source news record // LRRK collection product |
| Handling | Public-source material. Image rights require separate verification before publication. |
| Scale | Local |
| Language | English |
| Terms matched | unmanned aerial vehicles; UAVs; unmanned aircraft |

## Bibliographic

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Outlet | Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio) |
| Title | Bill boosts chance of UAV tests here |
| Dateline | Washington / Dayton-Springfield, Ohio |
| First publisher | yes |
| Original URL | https://www.newspapers.com/image/430495784/?terms=unmanned |
| Archive URL | — |
| Dedup key | 2012-05-25|dayton-daily-news|portman-uav-test-site |
| Source grade | A1 |

## Pictures

- page: 2012-05-25-dayton-daily-news-uav-testsite-page.jpg Drive (pending upload)

## Record

**Verified extract — [Fact — A1]** Jessica Wehrman of the Dayton Daily News Washington bureau, with a local staff teaser by Randy Tucker, reported from Washington that the Dayton region’s chances of becoming a center for research and testing of unmanned aircraft got a boost on Thursday after a key Senate committee passed a defense measure. Deck/hed: “Bill boosts chance of UAV tests here.” The Dayton-Springfield area is positioning itself to offer air space for UAVs, and the provision is aimed ultimately at boosting the region’s chances of becoming a test site for unmanned aircraft. The measure was pushed by Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, a member of the Armed Services Committee.

**Kinematic object.** Civil/military UAS test-range bid (Dayton-Springfield airspace).

**Coverage frame.** civil / test site politics

## Source integrity

- Why this is treated as an original: Dayton Daily News staff (Washington bureau + local staff writer) on the regional UAV test-site bid.
- Wire reprint status: Staff-written. No AP/Reuters/McClatchy byline on the UAV teaser.
- OCR / image-page caveats: A1 teaser; body interleaves with vacation and food-stamp stories. Locked facts are from the Wehrman/Tucker UAV block. Jump not extracted.
- What was excluded: Chardon shooting, food-stamp fraud, and unused-vacation features.

## LRRK relevance

Watch / Passport. A Watch desk would have logged a Senate Armed Services provision aimed at a Dayton-Springfield UAS test site.

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