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Are “drone highways” really about aircraft, or about airspace management?

jrios

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I’ve been thinking about the idea of drone highways, and the more I read about it, the more it seems like the actual bottleneck is not the drone itself.

Better batteries, cameras, payloads, and aircraft matter, but commercial scale seems to depend more on BVLOS rules, Remote ID, UTM, reliable connectivity, insurance, and public trust.

For people doing commercial drone work, do you think the industry is being held back more by regulation, technology, client demand, or airspace management?

I came across this executive briefing that frames drone highways as an infrastructure and tracking problem rather than just a hardware problem: here
 

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