For what ?
For accepting my suggestion to install “ Safety Chips “ in drones which will enable Regulator
to disable a drone remotely in case it turns rogue
Where did you
find this acceptance ?
Today’s Economic Times carries following news report :
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which reads :
“ The government
wants drone manufacturers to add a chip at the hardware level to ensure that
security agencies can disable the drone remotely in case it turns rogue “
What precisely
was your suggestion ?
On 03 Sept 2018 , I sent
to Shri Sinha, following email :
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where , one of my suggestions [ among
many ] , was :
“ Controllers (
sitting in DTC ) will have facility to immediately “ Ground /
Immobilize “ any drone at any time
, if security is about to be compromised or if
any drone is flying outside of its
“ Geo Fence “
{ DTC = Drone Traffic Control / Geo
Fence = Designated Air Space for a given
drone }
Did you make any
other suggestions ?
There were quite a few – important
ones being :
·
Each drone to be assigned a
unique Drone Number
·
Each drone
would be embedded with GPS and Internet Connection
·
Using
a Mobile App , drone owner to file its flight
plan / location / duration /
height / drone category / purpose etc
and the Regulator Web site grants clearance
for take off
·
Web site of the Drone
Regulator will continuously track / monitor the flight of
each
and every drone ( all over India ) on a monitor screen ( similar to tracking
of
Airplanes in an Air Traffic Control ( ATC ) room . Constant contact is the key
!
·
National Trust Centre , to develop a
software and make it mandatory for all drone
manufacturers to pre-install this
software into the drones before shipping out . This
is
described at : Swarm-O-Drone
·
Frequent violation of the Flight
Rules , should lead to “ Black-listing “
of any
particular
drone and it should be “ immobilized “ ( for varying periods , depending
upon
the frequency / severity of violation )
·
A very important “ Security Feature “ must ensure that the
device ( drone ) by itself
on
its own , does not transmit any data to the drone manufacturer nor to any
owner
/ licensee of an Operating System ( eg : Google’s Android / Apple’s iOS etc )
Does it seem that your other suggestions too, might get
accepted ?
I get a feeling
that Shri Jayant Sinhaji is favorably inclined to implement all of my suggestions , as evident from
following recent news reports :
Drone
policy 2.0: India pitches for optimum utilisation of drones
Extract :
The draft note has suggested
developing designated 'drone corridors' for uninterrupted movement of drones,
developing airworthiness standards independent of operational
and environmental risks, limiting life-cycle of drones,
obtaining "Proof of Concept" certificate to operate drones during
night and obtaining professional certificates for operating independent drones.
"A UAS Traffic Management (UTM) system should
be devised to
provide hyper-local and real-time information for managing UAS induced traffic,
especially in the Drone Corridors," the document read.
Civil
aviation ministry moots corridor for flying drones
Drones
may soon be used as taxis, delivery vehicles
Thank You , Shri
Sinhaji,
As of today , India has barely 40,000 drones
But you have laid a solid foundation through Drone Policy 2.0 , to
reach by 2023 , following targets :
# 1,000,000 drones
# 500,000 drone pilots
#
1,000 Manufacturers
#
100,000 drone operators
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