A. System Description
With respect to the UAV regulation achievements, in order to properly operate with UAS technology in this sector, it is important to emphasize that the peculiarities of the considered activities request the grant of proper Permit to Fly to be able to operate in real field operations. For this reason, the platforms considered here are the ones manufactured by Nimbus, an Italian SME active in the UAV design and production, since in the past fewyears, it has already receivedmultiple Permits to Fly from the Italian Civil Aviation Certification Authority. In fact, the novel-patented UAV platforms represent, in this light, the first case in Italy in the category of the so-called light UAV and promise to open up new market opportunities in PV plant performance monitoring. Moreover, according to the certification prescriptions, the construction characteristics of these technologies make them harmless in terms of materials, geometry, and kinetic energy of impact.