captain moak. >> thank you, chairman lobiondo, ranking member larsen, and members of the subcommittee for the opportunity to provide our perspectives on the critical importance of safely integrating an and aircraft systems into the national airspace system. our country's national airspace is the most dynamic and diverse on the planet, and also i want to underscore this, the safest and we need to protect it and maintain it, deliver the safest, most sufficient air transportation possible. uas and remotely-piloted aircraft systems include aircraft ranging in size from a small bird to as large as an airliner. some uas the craft are operate completely entente mostly. their flight proud this computer program and the device operates without a pilot. other uas aircraft are flown remotely by publishing an operational center or control stations that can be located at the launch and recovery site or perhaps thousands of miles away. alpa supports the safe use of unmanned aircraft systems. we recognize the potential benefit to our nation's economic competitiveness but we also recognize the potenti

i echo the comments of chairman lobiondo and chairman shuster, both from a safety perspective as well as an opportunity for economic growth. the briefing materials that we were provided by the committee cite that this -- that uas systems will have a $200 billion impact and provide jobs up to 2025. my questions should be viewed through that lens. i'd like to start with associate administrator gilligan. one thing i say with uas is more efficiency in rural areas, like the one i represent, viewing farmland and precision agricult agriculture. and make sure we have proper drainage and better production, better environmental impact. so one thing that can hamper this is a requirement. if the rule required a pilot's license in order for a farmer to operate a uav, can you confirm the small uas rule would require a farmer to get a pilot's license in order to use one. >> unfortunately sir, because we're in rule making i'm not able to talk about what's contained in the rule. we're mindful, however, of the -- how easily uas could be applied to agricultural operations. of course we also have a very

i echo the comments of chairman lobiondo and chairman shuster, both from a safety perspective as well as an opportunity for economic growth. the briefing materials that we were provided by the committee cite that this -- that uas systems will have an $82 billion economic impact and perhaps provide up to 100,000 jobs by the year 2025. my questions should be viewed through that lens. i'd like to start with associate administrator gilligan. one thing i say with uas is more efficiency in rural areas, like the one i represent, viewing farmland and precision agriculture. and make sure we have proper drainage and better production, better environmental impact. so one thing that can hamper this is a requirement. if the rule required a pilot's license in order for a farmer to operate a uav, can you confirm the small uas rule would require a farmer to get a pilot's license in order to use one. >> unfortunately, sir, because we're in rule making i'm not able to talk about what's contained in the rule. we're mindful, however, of the -- how easily uas could be applied to agricultural operations. o