State Farm Gets FAA Approval to Test Drones
State Farm says it has received approval from the Federal
Aviation Administration to test the use of drones.
The Bloomington-based
company is the first insurer in the U.S. to receive FAA permission to test
unmanned aircraft systems for commercial use. State Farm said it plans to use
the aircraft to "assess potential roof damage during the claims and respond to
natural disasters."
"The potential use of UAS provides us one more
innovative tool to help State Farm customers recover from the unexpected as
quickly and efficiently as possible," Wensley Herbert, Operations Vice President
- Claims, said in a statement.
The first flights will be tested in
Bloomington and will evolve to testing in real-world scenarios, the company
said.
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