Daily briefing

Upstate Medical recruits an FAA BVLOS veteran for its UAS program

Upstate Medical University appointed Cliff Sweatte as director of UAS operations after the organization obtained a waiver supporting operations across roughly 50 miles of Central New York airspace.

Medical-drone programs are moving from demonstrations toward operational organizations that need aviation management, compliance and repeatable procedures.

Anyone building a commercial drone service should budget for operational governance and regulatory expertise as deliberately as aircraft and payloads.