A coalition of 10 news organizations, including The New York Times, The Washington Post and NBCUniversal, has formed a partnership with Virginia Tech to test drones for news gathering, the companies said on Thursday.
The partnership, the companies said in a statement, is “designed to conduct controlled safety testing of a series of real-life scenarios where the news media could use small U.A.S. technology to gather the news.” The college is one of six sites designated by the Federal Aviation Administration for testing of unmanned aircraft systems, or U.A.S.
The other members of the coalition are Advance Publications, A. H. Belo, The Associated Press, Gannett, Getty Images, E.W. Scripps Company and Sinclair Broadcast Group.
