President Donald Trump signed executive orders Friday aimed at increasing American production and export of drone technology for business, as well as countering the increasing national security threat of unmanned drones.

One order calls for new rules and policies to integrate drones into everyday airspace operations, by making production easier and streamlining rules around getting new drones ready to fly. It sets a timeline for regulators to propose new rules that will allow commercial operators to make more drone flights that extend beyond the line of sight of their operator, potentially opening up more applications for infrastructure, deliveries and public safety drones.

"The time has come to accelerate testing and to enable routine drone operations, scale up domestic production, and

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