2023-06-13 06:40:19
The transport of people and goods by civilian drones presents itself as a solution in congested cities. In Asia and the United States, these drone services are part of the urban landscape. On the other hand, in Europe, they are less visible, because the regulations have priority over these trips. This European regulatory framework is called U-Space, to promote these flights in complete safety. Meanwhile, initiatives to promote travel by air are developing.
Civil drone pilots, amateur or professional, are subject to strict requirements and rules. Flying a drone is not facilitated by the administrative and regulatory aspect. To help professional drone pilots prepare for their missions, specialized platforms now exist, which allow these constraints to be circumvented. David Miret, founder of Clearance, one of these platforms, explains how they allow pilots to fly within the rules!
For all major cities in the world, urban transport is an environmental, social and economic problem. How to solve this thorny problem, when in 2050, two thirds of the world’s population will live in cities and half of the urban space is already devoted to transport? What if drone transport was the solution? This is what CAPS, a French start-up, offers. One of its founders, Paul Cassé, presents to us this urban transport system announced as four times faster than current solutions.
Since 2012 in France and 2019 in Europe, drone flights have had a regulatory framework setting the rules for access to airspace. In order to promote the development of civilian drones that is both safe and guarantees privacy, on January 26, 2023 new regulations came into force concerning U-Space: i.e. digital management air traffic by drone.
According to EASA, the term U-Space refers to “a set of digital and automatic services provided within certain parts of airspace”. U-Space aims “to help the safe integration of drones with manned aviation throughout Europe from 2023.”
Finally, we look at the civilian drone market that has been growing steadily for the past ten years. Despite this growth, drones are still not very visible in the airspace, at least in Europe. Is the drone boom already here? Should we expect a more gradual deployment of the drone?
In 2015, the global civil and military drone market reached $4 billion. According to a Senate report published in 2017, this should reach 14 billion by 2025. Other specialized sources even put forward the figure of 72 billion in 2028, with an average annual growth rate of 14.4%!
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