In a light of recent developments in the field of legal regulation of commercial use of drones, NASA and Space Company Exelis teamed up to develop a prototype system for air traffic control.

Last month, the Department of FAA presented a proposed set of recommendations for the commercial use of drones. Although at most those intentions were hot acclaimed in society were some moments that made “fall from heaven to earth.” Namely, if someone does not remember, it was forbidden to use drones outside their physical appearances. That is, be started only in open country spaces within a radius of 300 meters from the control BPPLA.

Reuters reports that for the past six months, the company has developed Exelis tracking system for drones, which could make the task manageable control of drones that fly outside of the designated area. Including binary system UAS-Vue & RangeVue, which aims to improve the standards of safety during the flight drones.

In Exelis have interest in other companies working on similar solutions because it already provides FAA data that will be used to pilot the machine during follow them to their goal.

On the prototype, which is expected to be officially unveiled later this month, the agency NASA will take patronage and finalize it before that, they hope, will be ready for release on the market of the product. It is expected that the system will be approved by the FAA and will be in demand among customers, which Hoth whether to optimize the performance of their companies. Amazon, Google, Alibaba and a number of new companies such as (Flirtey, Bizzby, etc.) Have already expressed their intention to use drones for delivery.

Source: Gizmag

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By the end of November this year, European citizens will be able to use smart phones, tablets, e-readers and music players in passenger aircraft with virtually no restrictions.

It was learned that the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) by the end of this month will put in place a new directive that will allow use of the above devices on airplanes under one condition – they have to work in the desired mode – “Flight Mode”.

Recall that until now the use of these devices is prohibited during the movement of aircraft on the ground and during takeoff and landing. What is remarkable is that the laptops will still remain in the list of prohibited devices, because they are too cumbersome.

Recall that in October a similar decision regarding smart phones, tablets and e-book a special committee issued U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

It is worth noting that the new rules only apply to European airlines. So for the moment it is not clear whether the passengers depart through Europe, but use the services of the company, with operations outside Europe, to enjoy the privileges of the data.

Agency EASA also stated that at the moment looking for a technology that allows certified smart phones for making phone calls in an airplane. Recall that a cellular communications in aircraft owned by U.S. airlines, also remains a “forbidden fruit”, despite the existence of the service Gogo Text & Talk, which uses technology allowed FAA.

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