Embry-Riddle Study Underlines Drone Risks At Airports

Aeroscope tracks DJI drones by capturing the communications links between drone and operator.

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After studying close encounters between drones and aircraft at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, U.S. researchers are recommending that the FAA extend the exclusion zone for drones at the ends of high-risk runways from 1 mi. to 3 1/2 mi. Researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) developed...
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