The FAA is a famously risk-adverse organization. But there's a huge cost to that conservatism; the FAA's foot-dragging has stalled the unmanned aircraft industr

The FAA is a famously risk-adverse organization. But there's a huge cost to that conservatism; the FAA's foot-dragging has stalled the unmanned aircraft industry in the United States. There's a lot of commercial value in drones for things like agricultural surveys. FAA did finally take one baby step towards legitimizing commercial drone use but it's not nearly enough.