A technician supporting U.S. Navy SEAL Team 18 works on a UAV, an unmanned aerial vehicle, before a demonstration of combat skills at the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida November 11, 2011. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
Jamal Thalji
tampabay.com
August 25, 2012
Federal officials say unmanned drones will not be patrolling downtown’s skies and streets during next week’s Republican National Convention.
A Naples company planned to outfit small unmanned helicopters and ground vehicles with cameras and operate them on behalf of unnamed government agencies during the convention, according to a report that ran in the Tampa Tribune on Friday and on its website, TBO.com.
The part of the story about aerial drones patrolling the RNC is “completely inaccurate,” Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown said.
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