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| Vol. 13 No.101 | Tuesday
December 16, 2014 |
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| Drone On
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 The FAA of the United States has stated four companies will get their drone wings in order to figure out how to fly the things without smacking into other aircraft or people on the ground. Which probably means that at some point down the runway, aircraft will need to be equipped to detect and avoid drones. Drones must also be able to land safely on the off chance they lose contact with their “hosts.” Trimble Navigation Ltd., VDOS Global, Clayco Inc., and Woolpert are the four companies granted exemptions to fly above company and construction sites—the FAA is now drafting regulations for drones to share the sky with others. Word on that should be coming within the next 60 days. In the meantime, high profile Amazon and 167 other companies have applied for rights to fly drones. But don’t expect any of this overnight, as the process to gain anything but the narrowest usage of drones is still years away. |
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