commercial drones
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FAA Revises Predictions For Commercial Drone Market, Estimates It Will Triple By 2023
After an explosive increase in commercial drone registrations in 2018, the Federal Aviation Administration has revised its predictions for the sector and now expects it to triple in size by the year 2023, according to NextGov.
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Amazon Patent Points To Future In Which Humanity Is Reduced To Screaming At Drones
Get ready to grovel for your next shipment of toilet paper. A recently published Amazon patent depicts a delivery drone capable of recognising and responding to human gestures and speech, which means you may want to practice the art of supplication to ensure proper delivery of that two-ply to your front porch.
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Report: You Will Need A Pilot Licence To Fly A Drone In The US
There’s good news, and there’s bad news. The good news is that the US Aviation Administration (FAA) is getting really close to finalising its rules for commercial drones. The bad news is that those rules could be terribly restrictive.
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Sorry Amazon, But US Authorities Will Not Allow Delivery Drones
In a document seeking feedback on new drone policies, the US aviation authorities indicated that it does not want unmanned aircraft “delivering packages to people for a fee”. Even if a company doesn’t collect a fee — as Amazon has proposed — drone deliveries count as commercial activity, the agency says. And that’s against the…