Author Archives: Peter van Blyenburgh

UVS International Ceases Its Activities

Since its start in 1995, UVS International’s principal objectives were to promote:

  • The establishment of national, European and international regulations for the safe use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)
  • The creation of the required standards and air traffic management norms
  • The recognition of the societal benefits of UAS & the generalization of their use.

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Survey on European UAS Operations – Results Published

“UAS OPS’’ & ‘’OPS RISK” jointly constitute a survey on drone operations [current and near-future (1 to 2 years)] and operations safety risk assessment methods, that targeted drone operators in the European Union, and that was conducted in English, French, German & Spanish. Continue reading

JARUS: Where are you? – The Silence is Deafening

The Joint Authorities for Rulemaking on Unmanned Systems (JARUS), an international working group bringing together the representatives of 61 national aviation authorities (NAAs) & EASA, has done a lot of good work and supplied the international drone community with a significant number of highly valued guidance documents.

However, since its last Plenary Meeting in Chengdu, China in October 2019, nothing has been heard from JARUS.

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NAARIC Urges EASA to Review its Position

The NAARIC (National Aviation Authorities Regulation Implementation Coordination) is a group of UAS experts from the main European National Aviation Authorities (NAAs) that was launched in 2019 with the objective of agreeing on a common approach at the European level towards the aspects left to the Member States by the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945, including their recent amendments regarding standard scenarios. Continue reading

Bringing Drone Operations into Perspective

‘Global UAS OPS’ is now online. This is an international survey on drone operations (current & upcoming) and is available in English, French & Spanish. The support & reference documents in these languages are also available. Contributions from all countries outside of Europe (see below) are welcome. Continue reading