The U.S. National Science Foundation will spend $35 million over the next five years on unmanned flight research and the Department of Interior plans to expand its use of drone flights, according to an e-mailed release Tuesday from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

The White House push comes after the Federal Aviation Administration in June finalized its first set of drone regulations allowing broad commercial flights and establishing requirements for unmanned pilot licenses.

"Honestly, the way I think about these issues, I don't think about the problems," the head of Project Wing, Dave Vos, said at a White House event to promote drone technology. "I think about the solutions that we can bring to bear."

Project Wing's test program will be the most significant drone delivery trial to date in the U.S. Amazon.com Inc. announced on July 26 it would begin testing its drone delivery system in the U.K.