US regulators have granted the first licences for unmanned commercial aircraft to fly well beyond the sight of a pilot, a move seen by the industry as a catalyst for mainstream drone use.
Previously, licences capped commercial drone flights to within a pilot’s sight, even if the drone could operate autonomously. For longer distances, drone companies had to have staff on the ground every few miles, looking up at the sky and communicating any known obstacles.
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