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Assertion Supported
Downey: The FAA granted over 4,000 commercial drone exemptions by mid-2016
“Yeah, so the section three 33 exemption process was created last fall, and now just, you know, nine months later or so, there's over 4000 granted exemptions in the U.S. For commercial use of drones across a variety of different industries”
Jonathan Downey Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:47 a16z Podcast | Airspace as the Next Internet-Like Platform
Prediction Held up
Downey: Major enterprises will deploy commercial drones operationally by late 2017
“So I think that's the thing that's most exciting to me and something that I also expect we're going to see in the next 18 months. Commercial companies actually move forward with, you know, commercial drones and aerial data as a way of doing business.”
Jonathan Downey Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 33:56 a16z Podcast | Airspace as the Next Internet-Like Platform
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