AUVSI 2016: Integration challenges for industry

2nd May 2016 - 23:08 GMT | by Beth Maundrill in New Orleans

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Among the myriad of unmanned technologies on offer at this year’s Xponential one of the key challenges for the industry is how to integrate the technology into general airspace.

The key governing body of airspace in the US, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has been working towards unmanned integration for some time and introduced a UAS register for small unmanned aircraft in December 2015.

‘The speed of change is happening so fast it is difficult to find the correct parameters for rules and regulations of the airspace,’ said Randy Willis, air traffic manager, Emerging Technologies Team at the FAA, speaking

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