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Is the future bright for civilian drones?

Walter Featherstone
9cfafe17cbee9865c53732b3a3144f94-huge-amazonprimeair.jpgFollowing on from Jonathan Webber’s presentation entitled “Looking from a Safe Distance” were you convinced by the use cases for civilian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)? Like Jonathon I’m still rather sceptical about mass delivery from the likes of Amazon, but that was certainly headline grabbing and generated some highly amusing cartoon images. However, the use UAVs for industrial inspection, emergency services and remote monitoring already appear well developed. It’s also going to be interesting to see how things pan out with regards to the use of drones to provide internet to the unconnected. Will they make satellites redundant for communication? Can you think of additional use cases?
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    Unfortunately I was unable to attend the talk on this due to other commitments.



    There are a number of issues, especially in the heightened atmosphere of potential terrorist threats, that would need to ensure such delivery drones, as proposed by Amazon and others, are not able to be hi-jacked in any way. Additionally, keeping autonomous drones out of specific air-spaces (like around major airports and airfields) would need to be implemented to ensure safety of the wider flying public.

    This debate needs bringing before a much wider portion of the public and openly debated. Such debate should inform any moves the CAA might take in setting up licences for the operating autonomous drones.


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    Unfortunately I was unable to attend the talk on this due to other commitments.



    There are a number of issues, especially in the heightened atmosphere of potential terrorist threats, that would need to ensure such delivery drones, as proposed by Amazon and others, are not able to be hi-jacked in any way. Additionally, keeping autonomous drones out of specific air-spaces (like around major airports and airfields) would need to be implemented to ensure safety of the wider flying public.

    This debate needs bringing before a much wider portion of the public and openly debated. Such debate should inform any moves the CAA might take in setting up licences for the operating autonomous drones.


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