Originally Posted by
Triggs
There are civilian companies working on this now, and successfully. They are also working on multiple communication platforms, with drones utilizing RF, cellular and wifi for control inputs. The scary ones are the drones that can identify a specific target (human in the case of the one my friend was working with) and track said target through urban or wooded areas using LIDAR (no GPS)
Working on what? Sense and Avoid? Too expensive, civilian world is content letting the DoD spend to solve this first. Increasing available bandwidth? Maybe, but when it comes available, passenger airline use will not be where the public desire will end up putting it to use.