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title: "U.S. is Blowing Opportunity Sky High"
summary: |-
  Onerous rules are driving drone research, and money, overseas.
date: "2014-10-06"
issues: ["National Competitiveness", "Emerging Technologies"]
authors: ["Alan McQuinn"]
content_type: "Op-Eds & Contributed Articles"
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/publications/2014/10/06/us-blowing-opportunity-sky-high/"
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# U.S. is Blowing Opportunity Sky High

The U.S. commercial drone industry could create 100,000 jobs and generate $82 billion in revenue in the next 10 years, but only if domestic rules are finalized. The time to act is now. To keep these investments, jobs, and innovations in the United States, the FAA should both permit more companies to test their drone services and allow them to test private technologies on private land where safety concerns are minimal.

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/publications/2014/10/06/us-blowing-opportunity-sky-high/*