Udall wants drone test site in Colorado

BOULDER – Sen. Mark Udall is working with the Federal Aviation Administration to get a new drone test site location in Colorado, he said Wednesday.

University of Colorado-Boulder officials organized a state application for the new site – one of six unmanned-aircraft-system test sites planned to be built this year in the United States. Unmanned aircraft are commonly called drones. Udall, D-Colo., made the announcement during remarks he made at the 2013 Boulder Economic Summit at the Wolf Law Building on CU-Boulder campus.

Congress has approved the plan to create the six sites to integrate unmanned aircraft systems into U.S. airspace. No…