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ON THE COVER
Helicio staff work with a drone at a mine
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ENGINEERING, POLICY AND PRACTICE
46 Raw Data Improves
Collision Avoidance
Technical paper: Flight
path estimates improve
when you use raw
measurements
48 Satellite Firms Off er
Drones Bandwidth
Intelsat, Inmarsat and
others create new ways
for UAS to connect
56 New Micro AUVs
Swarm for Science
Tiny, synchronized
AUVs make snap shots
of marine environments
possible and economical
62 Unmanned Flights
with Panache
Firms are promoting
their brands with drone
banners, drink delivery
66 FGQ: 5 Good
Questions
on Federal Future
FAA's Administrator on
drone security, funding
and FAA privatization
6 Editorial Opinion
8 Security Concerns
Delay Drone Rules
FAA working on answer
to FBI, DHS worries on
f lights over people
14 Collaboration, New
Entrants, Mergers
Real-world experience
gained after Part 107 is
reshaping the industry
24 European Company
Turns to U.S. Market
Heliceo opens an office
in San Francisco while
Europe revamps rules
32 UAS-based LiDAR
Fully integrated, low-
cost solutions are now
possible for UAS
36 Hybrid Seeds from
the Ground Up
Rolling robots are set to
assess plants' potential
as best genetic choices
42 Making Unmanned
Agriculture
Work
How unmanned
vehicles—both land
and air—are changing
farming
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