THE aviation industry’s dream of flying pilotless cargo planes may be grounded by a lack of radio frequencies to control the aircraft.
The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry is lobbying regulators to let military UAVs use civilian airspace and airports, to pave the way for cargo airlines to operate cheap, crewless flights.
But John Mettrop, spectrum policy chief at the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority, told a Royal Aeronautical Society conference that UAV makers have overlooked the high demand of UAVs for radio links for things like remote control and air traffic control.
The UAV industry must wait for the World…
