Kansas State Polytechnic receives FAA’s first waiver to a university to fly UAS beyond line of sight

SALINA - Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus has received a waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly unmanned aircraft systems beyond the line of sight. It's the first such waiver granted to a university by the FAA. The FAA certificate to Kansas State Polytechnic's Applied Aviation Research Center waives the rules regarding visual sight ["]