NASA building robot-controlled drone traffic network

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story imageWith Google and Amazon unveiling their new drones, NASA has called for private partners to join its ambitious plan to create a low-altitude air traffic network over the US - that will be run without human traffic controllers - within 10 years.
In a tender published on Wednesday, the agency's Silicon Valley-based Ames Research Center encouraged "public, private, and academic organizations to collaborate with NASA to conduct Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) and UAS Traffic Management (UTM) research and development with the collective goal of safely enabling these operations at lower altitudes by UTM system."

The studies will focus on mapping out corridors and no-fly areas (like airfields) creating a collision detection system, and programming an algorithm that will allow drones to safely fly in hazardous conditions such as rain, and strong wind, which is a particular danger for such light objects.

Well There's a Hobby That Just Got A Lot More Expensive (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-09-15 13:55 (#2SE6)

And rightly so. The trick will be policing all the unlicensed drones shipped in pieces from overseas and/or hand built, that don't obey or participate in the automated traffic control.

But I guess that's what new laws and enforcement are for.

I wonder if this will also affect smaller model aircraft. Maybe I should read the fine article.
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