Title :
Comparing FAA Activities The economic and regulatory state of Unmanned Aircraft Systems & Commercial Space Flight
Author_Institution :
Aviation Safety & Security Program, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper compares the Unmanned Aircraft System Industry to the Commercial Space Industry for both Economic Condition and Regulatory Framework. Both industries are within the regulatory responsibility of the Federal Aviation Administration and where Commercial Space has a very well established code of federal regulations, the UAS industry is still largely unregulated and unable to move forward with development until it is. The paper offers insight as to why this might be as a result of economic and social factors.
Keywords :
aerospace industry; autonomous aerial vehicles; FAA activities; Federal Aviation Administration; UAS industry; commercial space flight regulatory state; economic factors; social factors; unmanned aircraft system economic state; unmanned aircraft system industry; Aircraft; FAA; Lead; Licenses; Procurement; Registers; Unmanned aerial vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-5582-4
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2014.6836441
