HOW NASA PLANS TO OPEN ’AIR HIGHWAYS’ FOR DRONES (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Thursday, September 11, 2014, 22:04

If Amazon and Google are going to take their drone delivery operations public, what’s going to ensure they do it safely? Air highways and specialized drone corridors designed by NASA scientists, apparently.

Even if the Federal Administration Administration isn’t sold on the idea of commercial drones flying throughout the country, NASA is.

The agency has quietly been working on an air traffic control system for drones, and its head scientist says that he’s pretty sure he can make it safe for the machines to fly in low altitude airspace. In fact, he envisions specialized highways, "lanes," and even corridors for commercial drones to operate in.

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