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ON THE COVER
Flyability partnered with the mountain rescue team of the Zermatt Glacier
in the Swiss Alps to explore deep crevasses with the its Gimball drone.
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ENGINEERING, POLICY AND PRACTICE
Contents
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6 Editorial
8 EU Rules
An innovative approach to
create a single, cohesive set
of rules governing Europe.
16 The Power of UAS
Improving Safety and cost
efficiency of power grid
inspections.
35 Drones Take Wing
Ornithologically-inspired
adaptive engineering
produces amazing results.
40 SNAPSHOT:
Europe's UAS—Meeting a
challenge or nullifying an
advantage?
44 Mariculture:
The future of food?
Open ocean farming and
the emerging opportunity
for unmanned systems.
52 ASSURE Report
Research update from the
FAA Center of Excellence.
Beyond line-of-sight
(BLoS) and detect-and-
avoid (DAA) technologies.
58 FGQ Five Good
Questions
Major General Marke
"Hoot" Gibson, USAF (ret)