FAA concerns about midair collisions slows expansion of unmanned drone flights in US airspace

WASHINGTON — Leaps in unmanned aircraft technology have military authorities clamoring to use more drones for everything from coastal patrols and border surveillance to tracking natural disasters. But fears of midair collisions are slowing any broad expansion of their domestic use.

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