REACH FOR THE SKY comes the question of regulation and airspace and whether we are going to see the skies full of drones flying around like a scene ripped out of dystopian science fiction . The Federal Aviation Administration , an operation mode of the U . S Department of Transportation , essentially governs the skies . For a company like Airware , establishing a key working relationship with the FAA has been crucial in the growth of the company , after all , if Airware plans on working with customers to commercially fly drones then it needs to adhere to governmental regulations . This is something that Downey has been all too aware of .
“ Airware was one of the first companies to partner with the FAA and work in a collaborative fashion , which has helped us grow and better serve our customers on an immeasurable scale ,” he says .
The partnership and collaborative nature of work with the FAA has in fact been so instrumental in the future of commercial drone use that Airware is featured numerous times in the latest iteration of the FAA
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