Commemoration at the naval cemetery in vallejo. This is the oldest Military Cemetery on the west coast. It opened in 1858, nearly 1,000 are interred there, including three medal of honor recipients and veterans from the war of 1812, the civil war and world war i. Good afternoon. Im larry beil. And im dion lim. While memorial day is about honoring those who died for our country, for many its also the unofficial start to summer. The heat and holiday sent many people off to beaches and parks across the bay area despite recommendations to stay at home. Leeann melendez spoke to people who said they just needed to get out. She joins us live from the roof top of abc 7. A beautiful picture behind you. Reporter its beautiful up here. We often hear people say, im so tired of staying at home. I am really tired of hearing about covid19. Does this make them a bad person . Absolutely not. It makes them human. Today, humans had the heat, the holiday, and the will. Here at stern grove in San Francisco
So, first of all well get to lochte in a minute. Cody miller, of course, our olympian who has medalled here in rio. Were so proud of him. The feeling is mutual. Went on national tv and here is the shoutout he gave to las vegas. Take a look. Okay. I want to say thank you to all of my friends and family back home in las vegas. Wouldnt be here with two medals without you guys. Friends in indiana, love you guys. My badger, my badger team in new york city. Love you guys. Love you, john. Everybody. My whole family, my mom, my sister katie, and my fiance and my best friend james, cheering me on every day. Its been great and mike and ray my coaches. [laughter] cant forget them. Reporter all right. So basically, everybody hes ever met. But when we hear an olympian las vegas, we have to make sure you hear that and its echoed far and wide in Southern Nevada. All right. So lets talk about what the latest is on that very bizarre ryan lochte situation. Of course, robbed in the middle of the night. P
Would be subject to minimal regulatory requirements where as a larger aircraft over Populated Areas where require highly reliable avionics, additional training, and felt they mechanisms like a parachute. Even the types of risks models used to allow commercial operations in europe today including france and. I am please the faas stated its intention to f switch to this test model. The critical question is how quickly can it be implemented . Finally i would like to discuss the effect of delayed regulation on u. S. Businesses. France allows low risk commercial application that has canada, united kingdom, australia and many other countries. The United States typically a leader in aviation is one of only a few countries that prohibits commercial operations. Small and Large Businesses are moving casting and operations abroad. More regulations are more advanced. Delayed and overly restrictive regulations are not just slowing growth of the industry. The Largest Industries and corporations in a
Which as my colleagues have said, right now its difficult for industry to have access to air space for the purposes of research and development. We believe the test sites offer them the perfect opportunity to meet those Research Needs here in the u. S. And thats why were working with the test sites to expand the ability for them to attract that kind of research. Again, if faa Research Needs can be met at the test sites, we will certainly look to Fund Projects at those test sites as well. So when you say youre working with the test sites to expand that opportunity can you tell me a little bit more about that . Again, were trying to keep them well informed about what they are able to do under the agreements that they have with the faa we now have individuals actually from the test center who will be traveling to each of the test sites to work with them more closely on what it is that we might be looking for to be able to get Research Data through the test sites. And then the designees we
As required, we set out to have one test site operational within six months of election. We surpassed that goal within four months and three more sites operational within six months of their selections. Now all six uas sites are fully operational and have established their research agendas. The data and information from the test sites will help answer key questions about how Unmanned Aircraft Systems Interface in the air space as well as with air Traffic Control. The Faa Technical Center in Atlantic City is playing a key role in Data Collection and analysis and will continue to make significant contributions to uas integration to identify the data that will be most useful to the faa. We are moving forward through rule making. As md byantehe act, the rule making to permit civil operation of small uas in the air space. We all agree that project is taking too long. But im pleased to say we believe we have a balanced proposal thats currently under executive review. In the meantime and cons