Businesses were on Wednesday invited to consult on new plans to create worldwide standards to professionalise the drone industry, in a move expected to boost demand for flying technology.<\/p>\n
The International Standards Organisation, which represents standards bodies worldwide, has proposed a number of measures.<\/p>\n
They include that firms creating and selling drones could commit to customer and staff training, promise to respect no-fly zones, and have strict privacy and data rules in place.<\/p>\n
Robert Garbett, chairman of the British Standards Institution committee for UK drone standards and founder of consultancy Drone Major Group, said: \u201cThese standards will undoubtedly lead to a new confidence in safety, security and compliance within this dynamic industry, resulting in a massive expansion in the availability and use of drone technology in the years to come.\u201d <\/p>\n
Companies in the industry also welcomed the plans.<\/p>\n
Ed Leon Klinger, the boss of London start-up Flock which specialises in drone insurance, told the Evening Standard: \u201cA safer industry means fewer crashes, and fewer insurance claims. This is great for the public, businesses, and insurers alike."<\/p>\n
Duncan Walker, managing director at Skyport which is looking to develop landing pads for goods-carrying drones, said: \u201cThese emerging standards are well timed for a market that is gathering momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cThe safe integration of drones is paramount for the sector and these standards provide a benchmark for personal and commercial drone activity.\u201d<\/p>\n
As well as firms, academics and the general public are invited to respond to the consultation by January 21 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Businesses were on Wednesday invited to consult on new plans to create worldwide standards to professionalise the drone industry, in a move expected to boost demand for flying technology.<\/p>\n
The International Standards Organisation, which represents standards bodies worldwide, has proposed a number of measures.<\/p>\n
They include that firms creating and selling drones could commit to customer and staff training, promise to respect no-fly zones, and have strict privacy and data rules in place.<\/p>\n
Robert Garbett, chairman of the British Standards Institution committee for UK drone standards and founder of consultancy Drone Major Group, said: \u201cThese standards will undoubtedly lead to a new confidence in safety, security and compliance within this dynamic industry, resulting in a massive expansion in the availability and use of drone technology in the years to come.\u201d <\/p>\n
Companies in the industry also welcomed the plans.<\/p>\n
Ed Leon Klinger, the boss of London start-up Flock which specialises in dr..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}