The Providence, Rhode Island-based company also makes unmanned aircraft systems, weapons and sensors.

Nevada is one of six states the FAA has designated as unmanned aircraft systems test sites.

The Scan Eagle was developed by Boeing subsidiary Insitu, which has been producing unmanned aircraft systems since 1994.

The* Unmanned Aircraft System Flight Plan.

The U.S. Congress passed a bill in February requiring the Federal Aviation Administration to integrate unmanned aircraft systems into regulation by 2015.

The cluster of drones, technically known as unmanned aircraft systems, have been spotted in at least four counties in Colorado, garnering national media attention.

We build the Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft System, which can fly at altitudes of 65,000 feet for more than 30 hours at a time.