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On the static display at the 49th International Paris Air Show, Cassidian will present combat proven UAS with the DRAC presented by the French Army which operates it in Afghanistan, videos presenting HARFANG last accomplishments and the future MALE TALARION with a scale 1 mock-up.
The first session of the conference was dedicated to International Regulatory Activities, with presentations from ICAO, JARUS, Eurocontrol, European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the Civil Aviation Authority, UK, and Federal Aviation Administration USA. To the surprise of some and to the delight of many, they all sounded as if they were either saying the same thing in slightly different words, or at very least had been carefully orchestrated to dovetail into on another.
The 13th annual UAS Conference gets underway tomorrow in Paris at 2pm. First item on the agenda is a presentation of UVS International and its Board of Directors, an explanation of the Global Access Initiative, the activities deployed over the last 12 months, the objectives of the UAS 2011 conference and the association’s activities in the coming year.
The 9th Annual Edition of the International Unmanned Aircraft Systems Yearbook is currently at the printers and the first copies, hot off the presses, will be delivered to the UAS Conference 2011 in Paris next week. Delegates will be the first to get hard copies of what is without doubt the most respected publication on UAS in the world.
During the opening plenary session at next week’s UAS Conference in Paris, Ron van de Leijgraaf, JARUS Chairman (CAA, The Netherlands) and Leader of the EUROCAE Small RPA Expert Group, will present an Activity Update on Small Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Harmonisation.
One of the biggest highlights at the forthcoming UAS 2011 Conference being held in Paris next week will be the session billed as the ‘EC UAS Panel & The European Commission’s Initiative Regarding the Development of a Strategy for the Future of UAS in the European Union.’ The presentation will reveal details of the recently created European Commission UAS Panel, its structure, work methodology, time-line and objectives. Taking part are: EC DG Enterprise, EC DG Mobility & Transport, EASA, and EUROCONTROL.
Five of the nearly 1,500 graduates from the University of North Dakota at a recent cermony were the first graduates in the nation with degrees in Unmanned Aircraft Systems operations.
The speaker line-up for this year’s UAS Conference in Paris on June 14-16, organised by B&C for UVS International, is now complete. In all there will be 58 presentations addressing all aspects of UAS (all sizes & classes), including standards, certification & ATM. UAS 2011 is without any doubt Europe’s principal UAS conference and the only international conference where UAS policy is discussed.