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Article: Grounded drones: civilian market for unmanned aircraft struggles to take flight.(UNMANNED AVIATION)
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- National Defense
- Article date:
- October 1, 2007
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As the demand for unmanned aerial vehicles in Iraq and continues to increase, government agencies and contractors are clamoring to use aerial drones for domestic missions in U.S. national airspace.
But the proliferation of remotely operated aircraft in carefully regulated civilian airspace is cause for concern to the Federal Aviation Administration, the government arm that is responsible for regulating civil aviation.
FAA policies currently prevent most unmanned aircraft from flying in national airspace because the agency hasn't developed thorough procedures for approving them. More flight data that ensures drones are safe is needed before rules can be ...