Federal Aviation Administration official Don Walker said at a public meeting earlier this month that drones flying beyond sight of operators ultimately “are likely to have ADS-B receivers.” The receivers would enable drones to sense manned aircraft and
automatically avoid them.Mr. Walker said ADS-B likely wouldn’t be used for drones within sight of the operator, which include virtually all drones flying today, because that would overwhelm the system’s capacity.
This is the first time I have seen ADS-B come up in the context of drone delivery. Makes you wonder what else the FAA has been working on.
From www.wsj.com
