The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a much-awaited decision today that will surely be a disappointment to many drone enthusiasts, ruling that FAA rules that apply to manned aircraft apply to unmanned aircraft or drones, reports Forbes.com contributor John Goglia.

Paul Gunderson gets excited when showing off equipment and talking about farming at Lake Region State College’s Precision Agriculture Center.

Today the FAA outlined guidelines for registration and marking unmanned aircraft systems in an email to current government, university and organization operators of unmanned aircraft, reports AUVSI’s Scott Kesselman.

Unmanned aircraft, also known as drones in the military, are the result of aerospace technology that has relatively recently had a civil development and been sent to fields to revolutionize precision farming in the 21st century.