Main content

Civilian Drones

Peter Day investigates the business use of what some call, with a shiver, drones. Could an unmanned aerial vehicle be delivering your pizza in the not too distant future?

For decades, unpersoned planes have been used by the military in places such as Afghanistan and Pakistan to watch the ground and deliver weapons controlled by remote pilots thousands of kilometres away. But now companies and experts are putting their minds to turning military drones into civilian vehicles that can do things cheaper and better than piloted planes. Peter Day investigates unmanned aerial vehicles and how they are already being used by farmers and the police. Also, could a drone be delivering your pizza in the not too distant future?

Available now

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 8 Sep 2013 21:30

Contributors to this programme

Adrian Eves
head of flight operations, Callen-Lenz



Jonathan Webber
Managing Director, Callen-Lenz



Sue Wolfe
Project Manager, Callen- Lenz

Ìý

Matthew Ellis
Police and Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire Police

Ìý

Ìý

Dr Stephen Prior

Reader in Unmanned Air Vehicles at Southampton University

Ìý

Professor Jim Scanlan
Professor of Aerospace Design at Southampton University



Craig Hoyle
Defence editor at Flight International


Lambert Dopping-Hepenstal
Director of the Astraea Project

Ìý


Nick Meyrick
from Selex ES


Paola Santana
co-founder of Matternet

Broadcasts

  • Thu 5 Sep 2013 20:30
  • Sun 8 Sep 2013 21:30

Download this programme

Subscribe to this programme or download individual episodes.