TheFAA has releasedalistof all the organizations in the U.S. that are take into account to pilot radio-controlled aircraft . There ’s 61 of them , and while it includes the instrumentalist you ’d carry , there are also a lot of random ones that somehow made it .
U.S. Air Force – participating
Arlington Police Department – Active

U.S. Army – Active
CAL FIRE ( California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ) – Expired
City of Herington , Kansas – Active

City of Houston , TX Police Department – Expired
City of North Little Rock , AR Police Department – Active
Cornell University – Expired

DARPA ( Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ) – Active
DHS ( Department of Homeland Security ) / CBP ( Customs and Border Protection ) – dynamic
DHS ( Department of Homeland Security ) / Science and Technology – Active

DOE ( Department of Energy ) – Idaho National Laboratory – Active
DOE ( Department of Energy ) – National Energy Technology Laboratory – expire
Department of Agriculture – US Forest Service – disapprove

Department of Agriculture – US Forest Service – Expired
Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service disapprove
Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service Active

Department of the Interior – National Business Center / Aviation Management Directorate ( NBC / AMD ) – Active
DOJ ( Department of Justice ) – Queen Anne ’s County Office of the Sheriff – die
Eastern Gateway Community College – Active

FBI ( Federal Bureau of Investigation ) – fighting
Gadsden Police Department – Active
Georgia Tech Police Department , Office of Emergency Preparedness – Disapproved

Georgia Tech Research Institute – Active
Hays County Emergency Service Office – Expired
Kansas State University – Active

Mesa County Sheriff ’s Office – Active
Miami - Dade Police Department – Active
Middle Tennessee State University – fighting

Mississippi Department of Marine Resources – Active
Mississippi State University – combat-ready
Montgomery County Sheriff ’s Office – Expired

NASA ( National Aeronautics and Space Administration ) Active . S. Navy – Active
New Mexico Tech – Active
New Mexico State University Physical Sciences Laboratory ( NMSU - PSL ) – alive

Nicholls State University – expire
NOAA ( National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ) – conk
Ogden Police Department – Active

Ohio University – Active
Orange County Sheriff ’s Office – Active
Otter Tail County – disapprove

Polk County Sheriff ’s Office – Active
Seattle Police Department – Active
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi – Active
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Texas A&M University – TEES ( Texas Engineering Experiment Station ) – Active
Texas Department of Public Safety – run out
Texas State University – dynamic

University of Alaska Fairbanks – alive
University of Arizona – Expired
University of Colorado – alive
University of Connecticut – Active
University of Florida – Active
University of Michigan – drop dead
University of North Dakota – combat-ready
University of Wisconsin Expired
USMC ( United States Marine Corps ) – Active
Utah State University – Active
Virginia Commonwealth University – drop dead
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University – Active
Washington State Department of Transportation – Expired
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