Drones have moved from high-tech specialized equipment used primarily by the military and commercial photographers to more common uses at a rapid pace, said Michael Huerta, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, at the second annual Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Symposium on March 27.
The online drone registry has received 770,000 registrations in a little over 15 months, he added in prepared remarks opening the symposium.
According to Recode, that's an increase of 100,000 in the past three months alone. Recode also noted that at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, Huerta said the agency had recorded 670,000 drone registrations at that time.
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