SkySkopes receives permission to fly unmanned aircraft at night, completes successful flights for Xcel Energy

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - SkySkopes is now the first North Dakotan unmanned aircraft systems company to receive permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly at night under the agency's recently implemented UAS rules. The Grand Forks-based flight services firm completed its first set of nighttime flights successfully on Nov. 10 in cooperation with Xcel ["]