Drone Delivery System

Question: Discuss about theDrone Delivery System. Answer: Introduction: Today various new advanced technologies have developed to facilitate business activities and personal tasks. Technology is growing day by. Here in this report we are going to discuss about a new and emerging technology Commercial Drone. In countries like Australia and New Zealand, people are taking interest in commercial drone technology. This technology is also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and this technology is used for delivering a range of products such as fast food and books. This use of drone technology saves time to deliver products from one place to other without delay. There are some business organizations, those already ready to develop their drone delivery system and these companies are Dominos Pizza, Amazon and in Australia Zookal. As we know these company has several orders to deliver and these really require this type of technology. Dominos delivery drone system is named as DomiCopter. But use of drone system is a challenging task to perform and according to analys is about usage of this technology some issues are found such as it will put impact over Civil Aviation Legislation, potential theft of deliveries and concerning issues of drone collisions. I am working as a project manager in my company which is established in New Zealand. Like other companies, our company wants to use drone delivery system for its products. Now as a project manager, for this project, my role is to make a plan which is an essential management function. As we know planning of a project requires more responsibility as compare to organizing, leading and controlling management functions. This planning process for my company will consist of information about major concerning factors associated with drone delivery and how these issues can be mitigated through an application. Discussion Here in this segment of report we will focus on major concerning factors that are related to usage of drone delivery and it is necessary for management of our company to have knowledge about these concerning factors. Concerning Factors of Drone Delivery Costlier than other Delivery Systems The first major concerning factor of drone delivery is that it can be expensive than other available delivery systems. It is also risky that without pilots on board lifting things into air may consume lots of energy. Difficult to Delivery Heavy Products Drone delivery will not successful for delivery of heavy products. It is risky and it is disadvantage of drone delivery system to deliver heavy products without any security from physical harm. (Flexport, 2015) Difficult to Deliver Product Every Location Drone delivery is not possible at every location. Precisely, drone cannot go anywhere, even it is impossible for drone system to go on the heck of lot of places. In New Zealand there are various small, large and complex places where drones delivery is not possible. Then how at this place this system can work. Stealing of Drones System is Possible There are various cases when thieves try to steal packages from delivery systems. In case of drones delivery, chance of stealing will become high. In this case, thieves will not only steal delivery package but also drones delivery system. (Paul, 2016) Hacking Hacking is also a big issue in case of using drone delivery system. Hackers can steal drones system for collecting its hardware and programming information and can misuse this equipment. Crowd In case of so much crowdy places, drone system will not work. These systems are small and cannot carry so much weight. In crowd, heavy packages can be lost. Weather Problem Weather problem is a biggest problem for drone system. How we can use this system in rainy and stormy seasons. These are major concerning factors regarding drone delivery system that are company wants to use in future. If due to above reasons, company may not deliver products on time and at right locations then company has to use multiple delivery logistics. This will increase overall budget of company. These above discussed factors cannot be ignored by management of company. Now on the behalf of these concerning, management try to find solution or application that can resolve this problem. Mitigation of Concerning Factors of Drone Delivery The mitigation of above discussed problem is necessary to resolve in case drone delivery system. Actually drone are equal to self-driving cars and while implementing this system legal and regulatory environment must be considered. One mitigation to above discussed problems is that more RD is required on it. Google and Amazon companies are doing efforts to resolve problems of drone delivery system by resolving problems of its control system. Besides this, FAA guidelines are also necessary to consider while developing drone delivery systems. FAA provides guidelines for commercial uses of drone systems. Other solution to resolve this problem of drone delivery system is that it should be made according to fixed and regular routes. The testing process of drone delivery process should be done appropriately and in this process, all features, security concerns must be checked properly by developers of this system. There are some security and flexibility features are required to insert into d rone delivery system.( Assolution.com, 2016) The flexibility of this system can increased via intelligent and adaptable route shifting tools. Now to maintain security in drone delivery system, there are various tools and techniques available. As we have already discussed above that drone can be faced problems of hacking or stealing issues. So it can be possible with the help of security tools. (Military Embedded Systems, 2016) The first security technique that can be used in drone delivery system is detection and monitoring of every activity. Hackers have already made anti-drone technology and due to this we cannot locate a drone and cant protect this. In this case detection is required and it relies small radars, cameras and devices those are installed on residences or on other specific areas. Once drone will be detected, security system can warn security team via email. Other way to prevent drone from hackers is to use active responses. Under this technique, an equipment is used to take down drone of enemy. Use geo-fencing and no-fly zones, it is possible to maintain security of drones system. There are many geo-fencing tools exist and these tools send signals for creating aerial barriers. Drone system does not have permission to fly over these barriers. No fly zones are considered more effective than geo-fencing tool because fencing may only work with a limited number of hardware and software. Jamming is next other way that can be used for security purpose of drone system. Jamming is able to actively disrupt and interrupt signals of drones. This technique is also consider better than geo-fencing techniques. These are some ways to maintain security, reliability and flexibility of drone delivery system. Conclusion After this whole discussion we can say that before implementing drone delivery system in future, above discussed challenges and mitigation techniques must be considered by management of this company. After reading this report, management of our country can make decision to implement drone delivery system for delivering products. References Flexport. (2015). The Economics of Drone Delivery. Retrieved 19 August 2016, from https://www.flexport.com/blog/drone-delivery-economics/ Paul, F. 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