New US database registers 300k recreational drone owners

New US database registers 300k recreational drone owners

Drone at sunset. Credit: Flickr/Greg Clarke

Nearly 300,000 recreational drone owners have registered their unmanned aircraft in a new federal database intended to help address a surge of rogue drone flights near airports and public venues, U.S. regulators said on Friday.

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