Drones Possibly Used to Inspect Towers

An FAA document showed a new set of proposed regulations that would govern the commercial use of drones in the U.S. Some possible uses for the drones are land surveying, crop monitoring, and inspecting cell towers. According to the International Business Times, “If the new regime succeeded in preventing a single fatality, for example by replacing tower climbers with drones, the $9.2 million saved — the amount the government says is the economic value of a single life — would exceed the entire cost of the regulations to society.” U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and FAA Administrator Michael Huerta are expected to formally announce the new rules at an upcoming news conference.