FILE - In this March 12, 2014 file photo, a drone prepares to land after flying over the scene of an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings in East Harlem in New York. When government officials designed a new air traffic control system, they neglected to take something into account _ drones. The FAA has already spent over a decade and more than $5 billion on the complex and ambitious new system dubbed NextGen, and is nearly finished installing hardware and software for several key systems. But with demand to fly unmanned aircraft escalating, there are questions about whether the new air traffic system will be able to accommodate them. The farther along the program gets, the more difficult it becomes to go back and make changes. The program isn’t expected to be completed for at least another decade. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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