Drones Over Dakota

More stories on the drones here. 

Bloomberg/Politics is reporting:

The U.S. approved drone test centers in six states, including North Dakota, as the start of research efforts to eventually allow civilian unmanned aircraft widespread access to the nation’s airways.

The Federal Aviation Administration, after sifting through 25 applicants, also approved bids from Alaska, Nevada, New York, Texas and Virginia, it said in an e-mailed statement.

This was actually reported more than a year ago, back in July, 2012 -- either something new, or Bloomberg just getting around to this story. Other than reading the headline and the first one or two paragraphs I didn't spend any more time on the story. I assume that between the NSA and Amazon.com the wild blue yonder will soon be filled with drones: some with spy cameras, some with packages.