Author Archives: Peter van Blyenburgh

IMPLEMENTING U-SPACE – Scoping the UAS Community’s Current Perception

‘‘U-SPACE INSIGHT’’, an international survey on U-space is now online. It is being conducted in the framework of the AW-Drones Project, which is funded by the European Union under the Horizon 2020 Programme. The survey has been put together with the assistance of 23 subject matter experts with complementary expertise from Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands & Spain, and is available in 4 languages. Continue reading →

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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