(Source: Bloomberg News, August 30, 2016)
NEW YORK — BNSF Railway is flying drones as far as 150 miles above the New Mexico desert to inspect tracks, helping the Federal Aviation Administration develop rules for operating unmanned aircraft beyond the pilot’s line of sight… One of the drones that BNSF uses has a 6-foot wingspan and is equipped with cameras that when paired with special software can potentially detect track anomalies.
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