The Battle To Develop USA s First Delivery Drone

Game of Drones: The battle between rival companies to launch the first commercial delivery drone service For similar stories, see: Drones: How UAVs Are Taking Over Our Airspace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mLS0za9-Dk Early Drones? The UK s Amazing Radar-Controlled Helicopters from the 1970s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8pYsGLxlhA Rise of the Machines: The Military Drones are Coming Home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20JCGDwBt7A Subscribe to journeyman for daily uploads: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures For downloads and more information visit: https://www.journeyman.tv/film/6774/game-of-drones Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/journeymanpictures Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JourneymanVOD https://twitter.com/JourneymanNews Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/journeymanpictures Piloted by an ever-expanding army of hobbyists, drones are quickly filling our skies. Now huge companies are looking to separate the pilots from the machines for a new era of unmanned transportation. "I see a not too distant future where drone deliveries are ubiquitous, where a drone delivering a package to you or your neighbour is more common than a postman or Fedex van", says Matt Sweeny, the young CEO of Flirtey. His ambitions have seen his small company, working out of the University of Nevada, lock horns with the likes of Google and Amazon in this generation s airspace race. "You see technology that is so incredibly transformative that you realise you re on the cusp of something that could be enormous" says Michael Drobac of the Small UAV Coalition. But will such drastic change come at a cost to public safety? "These are dense heavy metal pieces that will wreak havoc on an aircraft... there is going to be a significant event" says Airline Pilots association president, Tim Canoll. ABC Australia – Ref. 6774 Journeyman Pictures is your independent source for the world s most powerful films, exploring the burning issues of today. We represent stories from the world s top producers, with brand new content coming in all the time. On our channel you ll find outstanding and controversial journalism covering any global subject you can imagine wanting to know about.