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Commercially usable drone in Canada (archive)

Commercial usable drone in Canada (archive) | © Euan Rocha / Reuters

Small commercial drones in the US could be a familiar sight – but with a number of requirements. The US aviation authority FAA published a draft of rules for the approval of unmanned aircraft weighing up to 50 pounds. Accordingly, the drones are not supposed to fly higher than about 150 meters. Also, they should just start the day and always stay within sight of the pilots on the ground. This inserts were like those planned by Amazon delivering packages practically impossible.

A drone pilot must be at least 17 years old, according to the draft and be licensed by the FAA. For this purpose, he must undergo a test every 24 months. The speed of a small drone must not exceed 160 kilometers per hour.

Washington Post According to the mini-drones could start to fly in greater numbers in about two years. First, now the public will be consulted on the proposals – a lengthy process. The FAA expects that within three years of the entry into force of the rules are 7,000 companies apply for a drone approval. So far, the agency had the commercial use of aircraft in principle prohibited.

Parallel to the design of the FAA published the White House issued a directive by President Barack Obama, according to the US authorities must disclose where they unmanned use aircraft in their own country. In addition, for the first time information is required about what they do with the flood of data that you will win drone observation flights.