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Drone USA, Inc. Enters into Agreement to Test All Classes of UAVs at the Santa Maria Airport in the Azores Arquipelago, Portugal
Drone USA, Inc. Enters into Agreement to Test All Classes of UAVs at the Santa Maria Airport in the Azores Arquipelago, Portugal.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n Drone USA, Inc. (OTC Markets:DRUS) (“Drone USA” or the “Company”), a \n developer and manufacturer of low altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicles \n (“UAV”) and related technologies, today announced that the Company has \n entered into an agreement with the Portuguese Government (Secretaria do \n Mar, Ciência e Tecnologia -“SMCT), the national aviation authority of \n Portugal (Navegação Aérea de Portugal – “NAV”) and Aeroportos de \n Portugal (airports’ management authority – “ANA”) ; enabling the Company \n to fly and test UAVs at the airport of Santa Maria island, in the Azores \n archipelago, in Portugal.\n \n\nThis Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: \nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161003005694/en/\n\n \n \n (Photo: Business Wire) \n\n\n \n Michael Bannon, Drone USA’s Chief Executive Officer commented, “This \n agreement assures synergy and cooperation between flight operations, air \n traffic control, and the regional government, and is unique in terms of \n all the characteristics that come together to yield an optimal context \n for our sector. We are excited to move forward, and believe that this \n agreement will benefit not only the Company, but the local community as \n well.”\n \n \n Fausto Brito e Abreu, the Regional Secretary for the Sea, Science, and \n Technology commented, “We are very excited with this agreement we signed \n with Drone USA, and I believe that the Azores offer a unique setting to \n test and develop UAVs, for operations over land and sea. The Azores \n Regional Government over the coming years will have a growing demand for \n these technologies, for environmental monitoring at sea, fisheries \n control and scientific research. Also, in 2017 we expect the Azores \n International Research Center (AIR Center) to be created and start its \n operations in oceans and climate science.”\n \n \n Drone USA, Inc. is discussing a proposal to create a UAV program based \n on Medium Altitude, Long Endurance (MALE) systems, tailored to the \n specific needs of the nine-island archipelago, and aimed at creating \n high-tech jobs and contributing to the local economy.\n \n \n The proposal will be further discussed with the regional gover...