The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has taken another step towards expanding the use of drones in everyday life. It has just given the go-ahead for trials for companies like Amazon to use them, Even if the drone is out of line of sight To the person responsible for making it fly. In all the attempts made so far, I couldn’t miss him.
duringAmazon Prime AirThe company already announced last year that it intends to do so. Drone parcel delivery Up to 2.25kg in less than an hour in the UK and Italy. These are the countries chosen to launchInternational expansion For a system he pioneered in Lockford, California, and College Station, Texas. The idea is to gradually integrate drones into some logistics centers to speed up delivery.
Currently, the UK regulator has given permission to a handful of companies to go ahead with “plans.” Airspace update“And” beyond-line-of-sight drone operations are one Safe and daily reality” According to the organization’s director, Sophie O’Sullivan.
To achieve this, advanced technologies for navigation, control and detection of other aircraft will be used.
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In addition to Amazon, the other five companies selected for testing are affiliated with Infrastructure Monitoring And with Emergency services.
These include offshore wind farm inspections through Airspection, police monitoring of drones, sustainable flight tests and medical deliveries covered by Project Lifeline.
Access to remote locationsTo deliver goods or services, is one of the objectives of these tests with drones, which must be compatible with airspace security.
Key security data will be collected, such as: Detect drones to avoid other dronesand electronic signals they can send that are visible to other airspace users and air traffic control.
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