UK government teams up with NASA to build drone tracking system
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The proposed system would track and trace all drones flying below 500 feet (150 metres), irrespective of whether they are being flown by commercial or leisure pilots.
Originally Posted by
Mark in CA
It looks like they expect a 'cooperative' system in which 'drones' report their position to the regulator, otherwise they will have a lot of difficulty identifying them and even discriminating small UAS from birds. UAS now in hobbyist hands or self built will not enable cooperative surveillance so will be unaffected But no doubt the government will pay NASA handsomely for their failure.
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The quote from the House of Lords statement is
My noble friend Lady O’Cathain specifically mentioned NASA and the involvement of the Government with it, as well as industry engagement. The Government are in early discussions with NASA about the drone traffic management system, and it is hoped that those discussions will lead to a UK involvement in the development of that system and the participation of UK industry in future trials to test the robustness of the technology.
The technology that they are discussing is indeed a cooperative system being developed at NASA Ames by Parimal Kopardekar (PK) see:
http://www.atmseminar.org/seminarCon...Kopardekar.pdf