Impact of UAV on Air Cargo

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Executive Summary
The UAV or the unmanned aerial vehicle or a drone is an aircraft that does not have any human
pilot. The UAS or the Unmanned Aircraft System includes various components such as the
UAV, communication systems and many others. These drones offer new opportunities for air
freight or cargo. IATA is presently trying to embrace the same through various activities. The
main aim of the paper is to provide an assessment of the present UAV market and the way they
will impact the Air cargo. It can be concluded that from the study that there are many ways in
which air cargo will be affected by the UAV.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Discussion........................................................................................................................................3
A review of industry efforts to make use of UAVs for air cargo................................................3
An analysis of existing UAV technology and developments in the next 10-15 years................5
An assessment of the safety and security considerations............................................................8
An assessment of environmental and airspace issues including recommendations....................9
An economic analysis for the usage of UAVs including demand and costs.............................10
An overall impact analysis for current air cargo operators........................................................10
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
Air Cargo refers to carriage of any commodities or people from one place to another
through air flights and may include air mail and much more. Air Cargo industry is one of the
industries that is presently trying to embrace the UAV because of the business opportunities
provided by the same. UAV or the unmanned aerial vehicle is an aircraft that works without any
pilot in board and may be operated by the pilot with the help of some remote control equipment’s
or even through some computer systems. The air cargo industry is presently trying to embrace
this approach for providing last mile services to its customers and many other purposes. The
UAV provides many opportunities to the cargo industry such as increasing the speed, reducing
the cost, managing the workforce and others (Alex and Vijaychandra 2016). UAV is presently
being used in many industries such as government organization, in media and advertisement, in
civil organization and others. The main aim of the paper is to analyze the way the Unmanned
aerial vehicles will affect the air cargo business (Baik et al. 2017). The paper will also discuss
about the efforts made by the air cargo industry to embrace the same, analysis of the present
UAV technology and expected improvements in the same. IATA is presently trying to embrace
the same through proper skills development, knowledge development and others related to the
same. Further various safety and security issues will be discussed, the environmental impact of
UAV in air cargo will also be discussed and many others.
Discussion
A review of industry efforts to make use of UAVs for air cargo
These unmanned aerial vehicles is entering various fields and growing at a very fast pace.
For instance it is being used in the civil world, they are used in fire fighting, entertainment and