Amazon, Google etc. are Planning to Develop Air Traffic Control Systems for Private Drones

Companies such as Amazon, Google plan to create a private investment and operation of the air traffic control networks, independent of the current U.S. federal system, in order to apply to low general use of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

At an industry conference in Baltimore last week, companies such as Amazon, General Electric, Boeing and Google said they supported the plan. They are expected to use automated cellular and web applications one day to track drones and prevent the collisions of small drones that fly hundreds of feet in the air.

The company will conduct a verification test with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the next three months.

Test content will include how the network when necessary to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) existing ground radar and air traffic controller interact, to ensure that law enforcement, the rapid availability of data, to identify the trek, suspicious or purpose of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

Bezos, Amazon's Chief Executive Officer, had previously thought his Prime Air drones would be as common in the future as postal trucks. Prime Air aims to deliver packages to customers within 30 minutes.