The Single European Sky Air traffic management Research Joint Undertaking has unveiled its blueprint to make drone use in low-level airspace safe, secure and environmentally friendly. Continue reading
Author Archives: Peter van Blyenburgh
RPAS 2017 – Find Out Where The European UAS/RPAS/Drone Community Is Going
RPAS 2017, the European Civil RPAS Policy, Regulatory & Innovation Forum, is an international conference focusing on remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) operational matters, current & future applications, policy & regulatory matters, current bottlenecks & innovative possible solutions, technical & performance requirements, system & sub-system developments, aerial work customer requirements, novel operations, as well as experience & lessons learned. Continue reading
RPAS 2017 – European Civil RPAS Policy, Regulatory & Innovation Forum
RPAS 2017, the European Civil RPAS Policy, Regulatory & Innovation Forum, is an international conference focusing on remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) operational matters, current & future applications, policy & regulatory matters, current bottlenecks & innovative possible solutions, technical & performance requirements, system & sub-system developments, aerial work customer requirements, novel operations, as well as experience & lessons learned. Continue reading
EASA Publishes NPA for Open and Specific Categories and Associated Regulatory Impact Assessment
On 5 May 2017 EASA published the Notice of Proposed Amendment 2017-05 (A).
And on 12 May 2017 EASA published the Notice of Proposed Amendment 2017-05 (B).
Both of these documents introduce a regulatory framework for the operation of civil drones and pertain to unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations in the “open” and “specific” category. Continue reading
EUROCONTROL Publishes RPAS ATM CONOPS
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), and more specifically Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), are increasingly becoming a part of our day to day lives. The vast range of possible uses is creating a new industry with a large economic potential.
RPAS Assessment Company Assets For Sale
Court appointed insolvency experts (Joint Administrators) have recently been installed to manage the corporate affairs of European UAV Systems Centre Limited, UK (EuroUSC). Although EuroUSC has effectively stopped trading the company still owns the following intellectual property: Continue reading
UVS International Continues Its Federating Activity
This week, two additional national drone associations joined UVS International as partner organisations, namely:
– SBSL, Poland
– UAVA, Czech Republic Continue reading
Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) – Request for Information – Drones for Desert Locust Monitoring
Subsequent to his presentation at the RPAS CivOps 2016 conference, Keith Cressman, Food & Agriculture Organization (FOA) of the United Nations, has requested me to inform the international RPAS community of the current FAO Request for Information (RFI).