Within the framework of its Global Access Initiative, UVS International is (co)organizing 5 remotely piloted aircraft systems events in 2013, namely: Continue reading
Author Archives: Peter van Blyenburgh
ENAC Invites Comments on Draft RPAS Regulation
On 24 December 2012, ENAC, the Italian civil aviation authority, published a draft of its RPAS regulation on its web site, and invited the RPAS community and other interested aviation stakeholders to supply their comments on this document. Continue reading
Access to Internationally Registered UAS/RPAS-related Patents – A New Service for the International RPAS Community
www.uas-patents.org is now online. The purpose of this web site, which has been developed by Blyenburgh & Co, France, is to supply information on patents concerning unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)/remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) that are registered with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, and to make these patents and certain relevant search features, accessible to the global UAS/RPAS community, as well as to other possibly interested parties. Continue reading
First Italian Permit-to-Fly for an RPAS in Italian Non-segregated Airspace
On 30 October 2012, the Italian RPAS manufacturer Aermatica SPA received the first Italian Permit-to-Fly from ENAC, the Italian Civil Aviation Authority. This Permit-to-Fly concerns the company’s Anteos RPAS and allows flight activity in non-segregated airspace. Continue reading
RPAS CivOps – The European Civil RPAS Operators’ Forum
The RPAS CivOps conference will take place at the Royal Military Academy in Brussels, Belgium on 4 & 5 December 2012. Continue reading
First JARUS Information and Dissemination Workshop
The first JARUS Information and Dissemination Workshop will take place on 6 December 2012 and will be kindly hosted by EUROCONTROL at their offices at 96 rue de la Fusée, Brussels, Belgium. Continue reading
RPAS In News Gathering
Twenty journalists, policy and legal specialists and aerospace technology experts gathered at the Institute on Oct 22 to discuss challenges posed by the use of unmanned aircraft in news gathering. Continue reading
RPAS CivOps Conference Programme Is Announced
RPAS CivOps conference will take place at the Royal Military Academy in Brussels, Belgium on 4 & 5 December 2012. Continue reading