
Lockheed Martin Vice President for Ship and Aviation Systems Dan Schultz (left) shows a mini unmanned aerial vehicle, the Quad Vertical Take Off and Landing System, to Utah Gov. Gary R. Herbert at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International convention in Las Vegas on Wednesday. (Martin S. Fuentes/Special to The Washington Times)

Lockheed Martin Vice President for Ship and Aviation Systems Dan Schultz (left) shows a mini unmanned aerial vehicle, the Quad Vertical Take Off and Landing System, to Utah Gov. Gary R. Herbert at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International convention in Las Vegas on Wednesday. (Martin S. Fuentes/Special to The Washington Times)

Attendees of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, North America 2012, conference check out one of the exhibits displayed inside the exhibition hall of the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Nev., on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (Martin S. Fuentes/Special to The Washington Times)

** FILE ** Michael Huerta, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, speaks as one of the keynote speakers at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, North America 2012 conference inside the exhibition hall of the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Nev., on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (Martin S. Fuentes/Special to The Washington Times)

Or Rozen from Elbit Systems delivers a presentation on shifting from platform-driven to payload-driven systems during the first day of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International convention Monday in Las Vegas. (Sam Morris/Special to The Washington Times)

Or Rozen from Elbit Systems delivers a presentation on shifting from platform-driven to payload-driven systems during the first day of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International convention Monday in Las Vegas. (Sam Morris/Special to The Washington Times)