RetiredF4
I use the forces not as an example of why it should be done.
I use them because it is being done with them, and the technical challenges once solved for military will be valid for civil.
The tech required to find and kill an enemy aircraft or defend is easily converted to the simpler task of avoiding others thus sense and avoid.
The challenge of navigating at low level without prior planning is more difficult than navigating airways from airport to airport
Etc etc.
Yes, a big driver for UAVs has been to protect our pink bodies, but that does not stop the tech being valid, plus the latest generation are about more than equaling the human.