Flying with DSA

The pinnacle of cars for most young boys (especially those who were painted vivid picture of the future by the magical turn of the millennium year 2000), is the dream of one day owning a flying car – just like in the movies! The ability to fly free through the open air rather than being restricted to black tarmac roads is an inspiring thought.

Is that dream ever likely to happen? One day maybe – and it’s recently took one step closer to becoming a reality. See, the problem with flying cars isn’t so much the flying, but the “what happens if you crash into something?”. Recent tests of a new system in aircraft called the DSA, which stands for “Detect, Sense and Avoid” (the perfect combination of words for anything airborne or even road going, judging by some people’s driving!), has attempted to address the issue of air collision.

Whilst still only in the early stages at this time, the first goal for this system is to improve the feasibility of unmanned flight, which brings its own set of challenges and dilemmas - who wants a war with whoever develops unmanned fighter pilots first? But without doubt the further development of this technology has a much wider, more exciting range of positive implications and possibilities and could well set the pace for the future of transportation.