Georgia officials anticipate the unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) industry will generate over 2,000 jobs in the state during the next three years, and that Atlanta is in a position to profit the most.
An article from the Atlanta Business Chronicle confirms that it was noted at a recent meeting held at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP’s Atlanta office that although a federal ban on drones exists, applications for exemptions are being accepted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Moreover, the federal government is still in the process of developing rules and regulations to govern this new industry and experts predict it will be a few years before they are formalized and put into practice.
According to director of the Georgia Center for Innovation for Aerospace, Steve Justice, the state has been investigating ways to commercialize drones. Like any new industry, the possible applications are still being discovered. The success of these applications will depend in varying degrees on getting the public to understand and embrace them, which is where brochure printing services will no doubt prove beneficial.
One application that is being worked on by the Center, in conjunction with Middle Georgia State College and The University of Georgia, is using camera-mounted drones to remotely monitor crops.
McKenna Long’s Mark Dombroff believes that Atlanta is in a particularly good position to take advantage of the nearly $400m in economic impact that drones are expected to generate in the next three years.
