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AUVSI 2018: Keynotes explore significance of unmanned economy (video)

1st May 2018 - 20:34 GMT | by Helen Haxell, Richard Thomas in Denver

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With the focus on the unmanned economy dominating the first day of Xponential in Denver, the opening keynotes highlighted the range of potential benefits that the technology could bring to the local, state and federal levels.

Among them was Steven Bradbury, general counsel at the US Department of Transport, who detailed that ensuring the correct level of regulation is necessary to provide the foundation for the safe completion of missions.

Of unmanned systems, Bradbury said that there were now more than one million small UAS users registered with the FAA and that the technology had ‘great potential’ and is a

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Helen Haxell

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Helen Haxell was Air Editor at Shephard Media, having joined in February 2016 as Editor …

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Richard Thomas is the Senior Editor, Naval at Shephard Media. Richard joined the company in …

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