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Old 4th Jun 2015, 07:26
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Mark in CA
 
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ATC system for drones?

It's a start, anyway.

Verizon, the US’s largest wireless telecom company, is developing technology with Nasa to direct and monitor America’s growing fleet of civilian and commercial drones from its network of phone towers.

According to documents obtained by the Guardian, Verizon signed an agreement last year with Nasa “to jointly explore whether cell towers … could support communications and surveillance of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) at low altitudes”.
Nasa and Verizon plan to monitor US drone network from phone towers | Technology | The Guardian
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