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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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    LOS requirements in the regulations will keep us OK at the moment and rules about allowable airspace for these UAV's should keep them in check while there is an operator on the controls (even if he is on the ground). More of a concern is the pressing ahead by some into the autonomous airial vehicles for which regulations will need to be addressed very soon. Of course, somee of these autonomous vehicles will be under the cloak of military control. I am not sure the CAA covers that aspect yet hence the call for a wider debate.



    Yes, the IET should probably have some event to launch such a debate to the wider audience.
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    LOS requirements in the regulations will keep us OK at the moment and rules about allowable airspace for these UAV's should keep them in check while there is an operator on the controls (even if he is on the ground). More of a concern is the pressing ahead by some into the autonomous airial vehicles for which regulations will need to be addressed very soon. Of course, somee of these autonomous vehicles will be under the cloak of military control. I am not sure the CAA covers that aspect yet hence the call for a wider debate.



    Yes, the IET should probably have some event to launch such a debate to the wider audience.
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