US AIR STANDARDS BOSS TELLS ICAO MEETING GUIDANCE FOR DRONES MUST BE DRAFTED QUICKLY

THE PRESIDENT of key USA aviation standards institution the RTCA has told an international ATM conference that growth in drone traffic means the industry must develops technical guidance much faster than in the past. Speaking today (Monday) at the launch of this week’s GANIS (Global Air Navigation Industry Symposium) at the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) headquarters in Montréal, Canada, Margaret Jenny warned that the old slow and steady way of developing standards for manned aviation was now out of date. These established systems, she ...


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