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Airports ready for travel bumps

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

SWAT team members are posted next to a ShadowHawk drone in Texas. Worried about violations of civil liberties, at least 19 states are considering limits on how the unmanned craft can be used. (Vanguard Defense Industries via Associated Press)

Privacy, profits collide over drone policy; states jockey to host test sites

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A model of a military-style drone stands outside the Alameda County Administration Building in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, before the start of a hearing on the Alameda County sheriff's plan to acquire a drone for aerial enforcement. (AP Photo/The Contra Costa Times, D. Ross Cameron)

Drone privacy scare: Feds don’t know who is responsible for oversight, GAO reveals

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

FAA officially seeking drone test sites

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FAA seeks proposals for six drone test sites

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

**FILE** A Predator B unmanned aircraft (Associated Press)

FAA official: No armed drones in U.S.

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A line of new 787 Dreamliners park nose-to-tail at Paine Field in Everett, Wash., home to Boeing Inc.'s factory. The planes were grounded in January after a battery fire in one and smoke in another. (Associated Press)

Batteries on Dreamliner not necessarily unsafe, NTSB says

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

States propose limiting use of drones by police

By MATT GOURAS - Associated Press

** FILE ** A freshman Republican state lawmaker from North Dakota plans to introduce a bill that would limit use of drones for law enforcement after the highly publicized case of a Lakota farmer who was arrested after a 16-hour standoff with police on Jan. 6, 2013. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via Associated Press)

Drone training ratchets up in preparation for FAA guidelines

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

"We certainly want to get ahead of that curve before there are some abuses of that information they can gather with that technology," said Delegate C. Todd Gilbert, speaking of the use of drones. (Associated Press)

Va. delegate seeks curbs on use of drones in state

By David Hill - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Boeing Commercial Airplanes President Ray Conner (center), flanked by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (left) and Federal Aviation Administration chief Michael Huerta, speaks during a news conference at the Transportation Department in Washington on Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, to discuss a comprehensive review of the Boeing 787's critical systems, including its design, manufacture and assembly. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

U.S. officials defend handling of Boeing 787 mishaps

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

A Japan Airlines Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" jet aircraft is surrounded by emergency vehicles while parked at a Terminal E gate at Logan International Airport in Boston on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, following a fire that started in one of the plane's lithium ion batteries. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Aviation technology advances; FAA tries to keep up

By David Koenig - Associated Press

**FILE** A 787 jet painted in a Delta livery is seen Jan. 17, 2013, at Paine Field in Everett, Wash. (Associated Press)

Some road warriors standing by Boeing’s 787

By David Koenig - Associated Press

In this image released by the National Transportation Safety Board and released Jan. 11, 2013, NTSB Investigator Mike Bauer works inside the Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" airplane under investigation at Boston's Logan Airport on Jan. 8. (Associated Press/NTSB)

Overcharged batteries eyed in Boeing 787 fires

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

** FILE ** An All Nippon Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner sits at Takamatsu Airport in Takamatsu, Japan, after it made an emergency landing on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. The flight to Tokyo from Ube in western Japan landed at the airport after a cockpit message showed battery problems, in the latest trouble for the 787. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

Lithium batteries central to Boeing’s 787 woes

By Joan Lowy and Joshua Freed - Associated Press

** FILE ** An All Nippon Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner sits at Takamatsu Airport in Takamatsu, Japan, after it made an emergency landing on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. The flight to Tokyo from Ube in western Japan landed at the airport after a cockpit message showed battery problems, in the latest trouble for the 787. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

Battery fires ground  Boeing Dreamliners

By Joshua Freed - Associated Press

**FILE** Boeing's newest aircraft, the Boeing 787, sits on the tarmac at Huntsville International Airport in Huntsville, Ala., on Jan. 27, 2012, after a 3600-mile flight from Dublin. (Associated Press/The Huntsville Times)

FAA to review of Boeing 787, but calls plane safe

By Joan Lowly and Joshua Freed - Associated Press

A hobbyist’s drone shooting paintballs hit not just its cardboard targets but video team members who wanted to try outwit it. (Photograph provided by Milo Danger) ** FILE **

‘Citizen Drone Warfare’: Hobbyist explores a frightening scenario

By Patrick Hruby - The Washington Times

A vehicle from the Swallow Unmanned Aerial System was displayed at the Unmanned Vehicle Systems International convention in Las Vegas this year. Media, agriculture and real estate industries are expected to be among the most eager customers for drones. (Sam Morris/Special to The Washington Times)

Drone plans mired in ‘privacy issues’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Flames and smoke billow from a home in west Jackson, Miss., Tuesday evening, Nov. 13, 2012, after authorities say a small plane carrying three people crashed into the residence shortly after 5 p.m. (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Joe Ellis)

3 pilots flying to safety meet die in Miss. crash

By Emily Wagster Pettus - Associated Press