Here are three things to know.
- The Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics, an outside technical advisory organization for the FAA, launched efforts to define the types of collision-avoidance systems needed for an effective drone flight system, which could take up to three years. The group must lay out the technical terms for ground-based radars, airborne collision-avoidance sensors and advanced communication links, according to the report. The RTCA estimates the research and development of these technologies won’t be finished until 2020.
- At present, the FAA allows for the routine commercial use of small drones that fly no higher than 400 feet, as long as the aviation device remains within sight of its operator.
- Companies with drone investments — like Amazon, Google-parent Alphabet and UPS — are lobbying Capitol Hill to speed up the regulatory actions needed to approve drone deliveries.
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