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A Japan Airlines Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" jet aircraft is surrounded by emergency vehicles while parked at a Terminal E gate at Logan International Airport in Boston on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, following a fire that started in one of the plane's lithium ion batteries. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Aviation technology advances; FAA tries to keep up

By David Koenig - Associated Press

In this image released by the National Transportation Safety Board and released Jan. 11, 2013, NTSB Investigator Mike Bauer works inside the Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" airplane under investigation at Boston's Logan Airport on Jan. 8. (Associated Press/NTSB)

Overcharged batteries eyed in Boeing 787 fires

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

**FILE** A 787 jet painted in a Delta livery is seen Jan. 17, 2013, at Paine Field in Everett, Wash. (Associated Press)

Some road warriors standing by Boeing’s 787

By David Koenig - Associated Press

** FILE ** An All Nippon Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner sits at Takamatsu Airport in Takamatsu, Japan, after it made an emergency landing on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. The flight to Tokyo from Ube in western Japan landed at the airport after a cockpit message showed battery problems, in the latest trouble for the 787. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

Lithium batteries central to Boeing’s 787 woes

By Joan Lowy and Joshua Freed - Associated Press

** FILE ** An All Nippon Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner sits at Takamatsu Airport in Takamatsu, Japan, after it made an emergency landing on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. The flight to Tokyo from Ube in western Japan landed at the airport after a cockpit message showed battery problems, in the latest trouble for the 787. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

Battery fires ground  Boeing Dreamliners

By Joshua Freed - Associated Press

**FILE** Boeing's newest aircraft, the Boeing 787, sits on the tarmac at Huntsville International Airport in Huntsville, Ala., on Jan. 27, 2012, after a 3600-mile flight from Dublin. (Associated Press/The Huntsville Times)

FAA to review of Boeing 787, but calls plane safe

By Joan Lowly and Joshua Freed - Associated Press

A hobbyist’s drone shooting paintballs hit not just its cardboard targets but video team members who wanted to try outwit it. (Photograph provided by Milo Danger) ** FILE **

‘Citizen Drone Warfare’: Hobbyist explores a frightening scenario

By Patrick Hruby - The Washington Times

A vehicle from the Swallow Unmanned Aerial System was displayed at the Unmanned Vehicle Systems International convention in Las Vegas this year. Media, agriculture and real estate industries are expected to be among the most eager customers for drones. (Sam Morris/Special to The Washington Times)

Drone plans mired in ‘privacy issues’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Flames and smoke billow from a home in west Jackson, Miss., Tuesday evening, Nov. 13, 2012, after authorities say a small plane carrying three people crashed into the residence shortly after 5 p.m. (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Joe Ellis)

3 pilots flying to safety meet die in Miss. crash

By Emily Wagster Pettus - Associated Press

**FILE** Law enforcement officers console each other Nov. 4, 2012, as others investigate the scene of an Atlanta Police Department helicopter crash that killed two officers aboard the chopper when it crashed near a shopping center late Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. (Associated Press)

Crash of Atlanta police helicopter kills 2 officers

By Norman Gomlak - Associated Press

**FILE** Continental Airlines Flight 3407 operated by Manassas, Va.-based Colgan Air, burns after crashing into a house in Clarence Center, N.Y., on Feb. 12, 2009. (Associated Press)

Fatal air crash decline presents safety challenge

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

A Predator B unmanned aircraft lands after a mission in Texas in November. U.S. Customs and Border Protection uses the unmanned aircraft outfitted with powerful infrared cameras and sensitive radar to patrol U.S. borders. (Associated Press)

FAA gets pressed on drone test sites

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

**FILE** In this Sept. 25, 2012, file photo, Lockheed Martin shows off its remote-controlled miniature drone at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International conference in Las Vegas. (Martin S. Fuentes/Special to The Washington Times)

FAA gets pressed on drone test sites

The Washington Times

The control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport includes flight progress strips. The Federal Aviation Administration is creating a revolutionary air traffic system, but various factors have delayed the program. (Associated Press)

Problems dogging new high-tech air traffic system

By Josh Lederman - Associated Press

FAA to study use of electronics on planes

By JOSHUA FREED - Associated Press

Retired Air Force Col. Jerry LeMieux, founder of the Unmanned Vehicle University, is waiting for FAA certification so graduates will be fully licensed by the federal government to operate drones. The university teaches a variety of subjects online, including vehicle design and system fundamentals. (Martin S. Fuentes/Special to The Washington Times)

Drone U. rides flight boom

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A United Airlines Airbus A320 passenger plane takes off from Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Airbuses suffer cockpit power failure, await fixes

By David Porter - Associated Press

Lockheed Martin Vice President for Ship and Aviation Systems Dan Schultz (left) shows a mini unmanned aerial vehicle, the Quad Vertical Take Off and Landing System, to Utah Gov. Gary R. Herbert at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International convention in Las Vegas on Wednesday. (Martin S. Fuentes/Special to The Washington Times)

States skirmish for drone test sites

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Michael P. Huerta is the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. (Associated Press)

FAA chief says drones will force change at agency

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FAA bars flight maneuver after D.C. incident

By Josh Lederman and Jessica Gresko - Associated Press