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More Universities Are Adding Drone Programs

The Autonomous Flight Systems Laboratory at the University of Washington. (Tom Banse/Northwest News Network)
The Autonomous Flight Systems Laboratory at the University of Washington. (Tom Banse/Northwest News Network)

If you want to go to college to learn how to design, build, fly or fix a drone, your time has come. Colleges and universities around the country are recognizing that unmanned aircraft could become a key technology of the future.

But the murky and evolving regulations for flying drones present hurdles to getting hands-on piloting experience. From the Here & Now Contributors Network, Tom Banse of Northwest News Network reports.

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