Why The Drone Revolution Can’t Get Off The Ground

Hurdles are technical, not governmental.
Source Daily Dot Media
Feb. 2, 2015
The first major stumbling block to drones entering the NAS seamlessly, according to the GAO, is what aviation jargon terms “sense and ­avoid.”
The first major stumbling block to drones entering the NAS seamlessly, according to the GAO, is what aviation jargon terms “sense and ­avoid.”

You’ve seen the prototype videos of drones delivering packages or humanitarian supplies, buzzing around sports fields and bicyclists, and maybe even participating in search-and-rescue missions. You can buy a drone for the price of a nice video camera, but when you buy one online, it still arrives by regular postal van. So what’s keeping drones out of the skies—or at least outside of the sunny shots of viral concept videos?

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