Nev. establishes ties with NASA for drone business
By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal
STEAD — Nevada and NASA announced last week they are now partners in the drone business.
Gov. Brian Sandoval and Frank Aguilera, deputy director of the Aerospace Systems Program at the NASA Ames Research Center in California, along with other officials, unveiled the new $400,000 NUANCE lab at Reno-Stead Airport north of Reno.
The Nevada Unmanned, Autonomous, and NextGen Collaborative Environment Lab will enable NASA researchers and students with UNR to create drone simulations. The new project is expected to get under way by the end of the month.
