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US interest in recreational drones is soaring.
Consumer experts, like Brian Mark Walter from the Consumer Technology Association, believe the technology could soon be part of a multi-billion dollar industry.
'400,000 drones will be sold to consumers and overall we predict that over 700,000 will be sold this year, a 63 per cent increase over last year'
Non-military drone providers at this year's National Drone Show put the rise in sales down to affordability1 and ease of use...Matthew Creger, of Intelligent UAS, a civilian2 drone provider said the appeal was clear...
专家:无人机市场需要规范
"You can get them right out of the box, power your batteries, power your transmitters, plug it in and be up and flying within ten minutes"
Despite that growth industry specialists at this year's US National Drone Show, such as Flight Instructor3 Gene4 Pyson say the US has serious competition especially from the Asian Market...
'China has the low cost nature so most of the products are being commercially manufactured in China, so China is way ahead in terms of regulations than other countries are far behind the US is trying to catch up because they see a looming5 billion dollar industry and they see jobs and a lot of potential'
But civilian drones have raised privacy and security questions with the US Federal Aviation Administration announcing new regulations and possibly a registry to track the many drones now flooding US airspace.
DC-based Aviation lawyer Christine Walls says the FAA is trying to keep pace with the rapid rise in so-called unmanned aerial systems...
Golf courses, railway companies interested in getting air shots of railroads wanting to check their tracks, flooding, track maintenance, previously6 available'
Under the new FAA regulations drone-flyers who break the law could face fine's of up to $250,000 or even 3 years behind bars... penalties the government hopes will deter7 illegal-drone activity in US skies.
For CRI, I'm Kevin McAleese in Washington
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1 affordability | |
可购性 | |
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2 civilian | |
adj.平民的,民用的,民众的 | |
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3 instructor | |
n.指导者,教员,教练 | |
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5 looming | |
n.上现蜃景(光通过低层大气发生异常折射形成的一种海市蜃楼)v.隐约出现,阴森地逼近( loom的现在分词 );隐约出现,阴森地逼近 | |
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6 previously | |
adv.以前,先前(地) | |
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7 deter | |
vt.阻止,使不敢,吓住 | |
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