UAVs, or Nothing Can Go Wrong, Go Wrong….

The article discusses issues related to the safety of operating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the civilian sector. After the successful use of UAVs in the U.S. military, there were palpable pressure from UAV advocates to insert the aircraft into an array of civilian missions as well. However, the question lingers as to a UAV's comparative effectiveness and cost performing ordinary surveillance missions in the national airspace system (NAS).