Colombia: In two months they will regulate the use of ‘drones delivery’

In Colombiathe industry of drones It is beginning to expand, since according to the newspaper La República of said country, until June 23, 3,624 of these devices had been registered with the Civil Aeronautics.

The advisor for the integration of unmanned aviation into civil aviation of the Civil Aeronautics, Roberto Quirogareported for the same medium that during this 2023, 305 companies have requested the registration of these unmanned aircraft, for a total of 2,236 active.

In this sense, he explained that people who wish to use drones for commercial use must register online for any drone that weighs more than 250 grams.

Quiroga indicated that In the next two months, light-load drones, better known as ‘delivery drones’, will begin to operate. In colombia.

“The Colombian Aeronautics is going to remove all the regulations on how companies that want to do delivery should operate“, held.

Two of the companies in charge of manufacturing these technological devices are Drone Innovation Lab and Your Drone. The first company decided to dedicate itself to the agricultural sector. “Drone customers are mainly farmers with crops larger than 100 hectares. So much is the boom that in July we will have the launch of a more effective aircraft for small and medium farmers”, he detailed Jessica AguirreCEO of the company.

Meanwhile, the manager of the Colombian Aeronautical Institute, Mario Agudelo, He specified that the sector has grown from 80% to 100% so far this year, with Colombia being the country that is most advancing in the region in technological advances of drones. He stressed that they are above Peru, Brazil, Chile and Argentina.

Agudelo expressed that in the market segments, the cinematography occupies 40%, followed by agriculture (30%) and photogrammetry with the same percentage.