UAV for HLS
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This is a world trend. Its pace is different in every country but it is a fact – UAV’s are becoming tolls of homeland security forces.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given the Arlington (Texas) Police Department permission to use two small helicopter UAVs. The FAA did lay out a set of rules for the police department to follow when using the drones.
The UAV must be flown in the daytime, under 400 feet, in sight of the operator at all times, and a safety observer must be in contact with the control tower at Dallas-Fort Worth airport.
The rotorcraft UAV used by the department is the Leptron Avenger, designed by Leptron Industrial Helicopters. The drone is about five feet long and can stay in the air for about an hour. The Arlington Police originally purchased the UAV with a DHS grant to provide extra security during the Super Bowl held at Cowboys Stadium in 2011.
More than eighty police departments around the country have applied to the FAA for permission to fly UAVs . Lawmakers in many are debating the issue of this use by the police, with privacy rights organizations calling for state legislatures to impose restrictions on drone use.
UAV’s s can be used for surveillance purposes, , and can also be used in search and rescue missions, to determine the severity of a fire, as well as search for missing or kidnapped people in heavily wooded areas. UAVs are currently being used by scientists to get a better look at natural disasters such as tornados and hurricanes.