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Anti Federalist
02-04-2012, 06:55 AM
That's the ticket, paint happy pictures of snuggle bunnies on them, yeah. :rolleyes::mad::rolleyes:


Surveillance drone industry plans PR effort to counter negative image

Groups representing drone industry want to 'paint a more positive picture' of unmanned surveillance aircraft in UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/feb/02/surveillance-drone-industy-pr-effort?CMP=twt_fd

Companies seeking to enable the routine use of surveillance drones across Britain are planning a long-term public relations effort to counter the negative image of the controversial aircraft.

The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems Association (UAVSA), a trade group that represents the drone industry to the UK government, has recommended drones deployed in Britain should be shown to "benefit mankind in general", be decorated with humanitarian-related advertisements, and be painted bright colours to distance them from those used in warzones, details from a UAVSA presentation show.

Plans are also under way to establish corridors of segregated airspace to fly drones – or UAVs – between restricted "danger zones" (airspace where test flights take place) in isolated parts of England and Wales.

A series of presentations given by industry figures in recent months show public opposition is considered a major hurdle. UAVSA has discussed how it could use the media to disseminate favourable stories, creating a narrative that presents the introduction of drones in the UK as part of a "national mission".

liberty2897
02-04-2012, 09:31 AM
Kinda like putting lipstick on a pig...

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phill4paul
02-04-2012, 09:47 AM
Drones set to become ubiquitous in U.S. airspace

http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20111201-drones-set-to-become-ubiquitous-in-u-s-airspace