J_R

I have known about ACCESS 5 however their focus is well beyond what we are doing here.
ACCESS 5 is made up of the 5 "big" manufactures in the industry and NASA.
They are trying to do good things for the bigger UAS, but could really care less about the under 55lb crowd.
Those guys along with RTCA are focusing on the impacts in the National Airspace for the larger Global Hawk kinds of aircraft.
In fact the biggest goal they are going to face in the not too distant future is a fully autonomous cargo aircraft the likes of an MD-11 or 747. [sm=eek.gif]
The FEDEX CEO has already made the statement expressing interest in developing a automated cargo aircraft for his fleet.
Given the current autopilots, GPS advances and FMC's it is not too distant of a goal IMO.
Course I am sure the unions are having a thing or two to say about it. The Airline pilots association is probably giving birth to furry animals over that idea.