{"id":2578,"date":"2015-04-15T19:27:57","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T19:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/?p=2578"},"modified":"2015-04-15T19:27:57","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15T19:27:57","slug":"national-defense-industry-rallies-behind-push-to-promote-drone-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/2015\/04\/15\/national-defense-industry-rallies-behind-push-to-promote-drone-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"NATIONAL DEFENSE: Industry Rallies Behind Push To Promote Drone Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"

May<\/span>\u00a02015\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By Yasmin Tadjdeh<\/p>\n

When a DJI Phantom drone crashed into the lawn of the White House in February, it highlighted what some fear may be a trend of unmanned aerial vehicle-related accidents. \u00a0A number of these incidents have been blamed on reckless operators. In the White House crash, the pilot was intoxicated and lost control of the UAV.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s that type of \u201cinappropriate\u201d behavior that many in the aviation industry want to stop, and believe they can alleviate through educational initiatives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International spearheaded an effort along with the Academy of Model Aeronautics a<\/span>nd the Small UAV Coalition to better inform unmanned aerial system operators of how to fly drones responsibly.<\/p>\n

The \u201cKnow Before You Fly<\/a>\u201d campaign was launched in late November and has since been making strides in putting the word out about safe UAV operation, said AUVSI president and CEO Brian Wynne.<\/span>

\u201cIt has been a very important initiative for the community because there are a lot of folks \u2026 that are flying UAS that are not aviation people,\u201d Wynne said. \u201cThey need to be given a slightly better awareness of the fact that above them is airspace that may be restricted or might be prohibited and we want to make sure they are flying in the right place and they are flying responsibly.\u201d<\/span>

Better educating users will be critical to stymieing irresponsible flying. Often, Wynne said, users are unaware that they are doing anything wrong. That\u2019s why the campaign reached out to various UAV manufacturers and convinced them to include specially prepared literature that lays out the do\u2019s and don\u2019ts of UAV safety in their packaging.<\/span>

\u201cThey\u2019re putting the materials that we\u2019ve made available in their boxes now. So ultimately folks will read that information and educate themselves or not, but we want to make sure that the information is conveniently made available to them,\u201d he said.<\/span>

The number of high profile crashes throughout the United States indicates that users are not being properly educated, he noted.<\/span><\/p>\n

While it is too soon to say if the campaign has directly mitigated any crashes, Wynne said it has received widespread support. \u201cLiterally the entire aviation community is getting behind this campaign and for very good reason,\u201d he said.<\/span>

While the associations and groups involved with the campaign genuinely want to see safe operations, they do have a vested interest, said Rich Hanson, director of government and regulatory affairs at the Academy of Model Aeronautics<\/a>. A few rotten apples \u00a0can make the whole community look bad, potentially souring efforts to streamline UAV integration in the national airspace, he noted.<\/span>

\u201cWe certainly \u2026 have a self-interest issue here, too,\u201d he said. If \u201cthere is public perception that these devices are hazardous and they\u2019re causing problems within the community, we believe that reflects poorly on our established community that has been around for decades.\u201d<\/span>
Hanson noted that model aircraft pilots have operated \u201charmoniously\u201d and transparently within the national airspace for decades because users have historically been aware of safety issues.<\/span><\/p>\n

FULL ARTICLE:\u00a0https:\/\/www.nationaldefensemagazine.org\/archive\/2015\/May\/Pages\/IndustryRalliesBehindPushToPromoteDroneSafety.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

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