Top group of countries pull ahead on world drone rules

The UK, Sweden, France, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa are among a small number of countries setting the pace internationally on the development of commercial drones.

Drone entrepreneur Adam Rosman predicts the new rules will enable substantial commercial opportunities marekuliasz

Writing in the first issue of Robotics Law Journal - published today - Peter Lee of Taylor Vinters says: ‘Sweden, Japan, France and the UK are leading the way when it comes to integrating drone technologies into their airspace.’ New Zealand, whose new drone regime starts on 1 August, is also regarded as a leader. Its rules take a rather different approach to those introduced elsewhere, as it makes no distinction between drones used for commercial and non-commercial reasons.

Opportunities across Africa

South Africa introduced its rules on 1 July. An interview with leading drones entrpreneur Adam Rosman, of Johannesburg-based Aerial Monitoring Solutions, in the September issue of the journal includes a discussion of those rules and the prediction that they will enable substantial commercial opportunities across the African continent. 

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