On Integrating Unmanned Aircraft Systems Into The National Airspace System: Issues, Challenges, Operational Restrictions, Certification, And ... And Automation: Science And Engineering) 1st Edition
by Konstantinos Dalamagkidis /
2008 / English / PDF
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Commercial interest for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) has seen a steady increase over the last decade. Nevertheless, UAS operations have remained almost exclusively military. This is mainly due to the lack of a regulatory framework that allows only limited public and civil UAS operations with usually crippling restrictions. Although efforts from the Federal Aviation Administration and its partners are already underway to integrate UAS in the National Airspace System (NAS), the appropriate regulation will not be ready for several more years.
