Companies Testing Drones

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Local 15's parent company Sinclair is joining nine other companies in testing drones for newsgathering.

The partnership is with Virginia Tech and the goal is to provide safe, efficient and timely ways to gather information and keep journalists out of harm's way.

Other companies involves are The New York Times, Washington Post and The Associated Press.

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