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A ground crew from the California National Guard pushes a Predator aircraft from its hangar at Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville.

A ground crew from the California National Guard pushes a Predator aircraft from its hangar at Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

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With major drone suppliers and makers based in Southern California, it seemed a natural fit to choose a Southern California site as one of the federal government’s six drone testing sites. But the the state was left out Monday on the FAA’s short list.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems

Technicians at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems in Poway, Calif., string wires through the fuselage of a Predator B airplane at the point where the wing will be attached.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman Corp. builds its high-flying Global Hawk drone for the U.S. Air Force in Palmdale.  (Brian Van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Northrop Grumman

Workers at Northrop Grumman Corp.’s manufacturing center in Palmdale work on assembling the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft.  (Brian Van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

AeroVironment

Timothy E. Conver, chief executive of AeroVironment Inc., the largest maker of small drones for the military, holds the Nano Hummingbird as he stands in front of the Global Observer.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

AeroVironment

Nowell Siegel, an AeroVironment flight test pilot, helps guide a drone designed for police surveillance in Simi Valley.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

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