When a drone is flying by in the sky, is it on a mission of mercy or is it on a mission of spying, or death and destruction? Delivery companies have been clamoring for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to come up with a ruling on the specifics of the technology to be used to remotely identify drones.
It now sounds like they are close to having a solution, see
FAA announces new system for remotely identifying and tracking drones.
These types of solutions are what will help power the widespread use of drones for good.
Widespread use of drones will in turn allow emergency managers to use them for their own purposes.
Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.
