Most people think of a drone as a flying robotic device equipped with a camera that they can buy at their local Best Buy, but as many industry members well know, these unmanned aircraft are nothing to mess around with. The dynamic of how aircraft interact in the airspace changes drastically without a pilot onboard, said Charlton Evans, senior manager for Insitu Commercial Aviation, in an interview with RT&S. There are many areas of interest for using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the railroad industry, but significant challenges are also present. The Pathfinder Project with BNSF, which Evans worked on heavily, was meant to reveal and tackle many of those challenges. This month's RT&S UAVs coverage deals with the current regulations, implementation and future of the devices' use in the rail industry.
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