"The problem from where I sit is not innovation but the lack of allowing the UAV community to operate in a specified airspace for amateur and commercial use. The community has been waiting for more than 5 years on this but I fear that unlike other…"
"A prudent solution proposed in the Schlesinger, Parkinson letter referenced above:
"We strongly recommend that the Commission rescind its conditional wavier and not allow a change in the structure of the MSS band that abuts GPS to allow t…"
"@ Ian- While GPS did start out as a "primarily a military system" GPS has been dual use since 1996, 1 year after it was fully operational.
Some notes of interest:
1983 -PresidentReagan announced that GPS would be made available for civilian uses…"