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Washington –The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today

announced Unmanned Aircraft Systems(UAS) airspace restrictions over
additional national security sensitive locations, effective December 30.

In cooperation with its federal partners, the FAA will restrict UAS operations in the
airspace over two locations. The first facility is Rock Island Arsenal located between
Davenport, Iowa and Rocks Island, Illinois. The second facility is Biometric
Technology Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Restrictions on these Department of
Defense facilities are to address concerns about drone activity over security sensitive
facilities. Information on the FAA Notice to Airmen (NOTAM), FDC 0/5116, can be
found on the FAA’s UAS Data Delivery System (UDDS) website. This website
contains the text of FDC 0/5116 (click on “UAS NOTAM FDC 0/5116” on scroll bar
along the top of the page).

UAS operators are strongly advised to review these NOTAMs on FAA’s UDDS
website, which defines these restrictions, and all of the currently covered locations.
Further down the page is an interactive map (“Map of FAA UAS Data”) displaying
restricted airspace throughout the U.S. Zooming in will enable viewers to click on the
new DOD locations and see the specific restrictions. Each of the locations are in
yellow since the restrictions are pending until the Dec. 30 effective date, at which point
they will become red.

The restrictions will also be included in the FAA’s B4UFLYmobile app.

UAS operators who violate these flight restrictions may be subject to enforcement
action, including potential civil penalties and criminal charges.

The FAA considers requests by eligible federal security agencies for UAS-specific
flight restrictions using its authority under 14 CFR § 99.7. The agency will announce
any future changes, including additional locations, as appropriate.

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