"... And about the «d» word—the members of the AUVSI want us all to drop the word «drone.» In the press room, the password for the Wi-Fi network was «It’snotadrone.» The word drone has taken on too much political baggage, thanks to news reports of the US’ drone war against terrorists. And indeed, the unmanned aircraft and other vehicles at Unmanned Systems were largely of the kinder, gentler variety, though the biggest booths still belonged to companies selling to the US military and other customers who wear camouflage. While there were some US-based companies showing off their unmanned wares, such as startup Titan Aerospace, the conference was evidence of how much more mature overseas drone markets (there, I used that word again) really are. Because of current FAA regulations, even small drones in the range of model aircraft can’t be flown commercially; so far, the FAA has issued a limited number of «Certificates of Airworthiness» (COAs) to non-federal government agencies......................" Shopping for a robot army terrapapers/?p=38567
Posted on: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 16:56:14 +0000
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