U.S. Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Integration, Oversight, and Competi...
This is a 2+hour recording of House Transportation sub-committee testimony from 12/10/2014 and I haven't watched all of it, There are some interesting sound bites. (The quotes below are paraphrased by me, I'm not much of a court reporter. The written testimonies are linked).
@32:05
Matthew Hampton, Assistant Inspector General for Aviation Audits, Department of Transportation
"the FAA plans to issue a rule [for UAV under 55lbs] soon but it will likely generate a significant amount of public comments that must be considered before a final rule is issued." ... "FAA will not meet it's Sept. 2015 goal of integrating UAS technology".
@37:20
Gerald Dillingham, Director of Civil Aviation Issues, Government Accountability Office
"Without a [FAA] rule on small UAS, businesses will continue to take their research and development outside the US"
@43:30
Lee Moak, Air Line Pilots Association
Supports UAVs the size of the DJI Phantom to have ADS/TCAS as to be seen by manned aircraft flight crews and ATC.
@52:00
Dr. Nicholas Roy
"small UAVs available commercially are all more or less at the same level of performance as a toy"
The video is as exciting as, er.... watching congressional testimony, but very informative in broadcasting where the small drone market may be headed.
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