The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced a meeting of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Subcommittee of the Aeronautics Committee of the NASA Advisory Council. Continue reading
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RPAS 2012 – ICAO UAS Study Group: Current Status & the Way Ahead
UVS International’s RPAS 2012 Conference in Paris from June 5 – 7 opens this morning with the first presentation of the day given by Leslie Cary of ICAO – International Civil Aviation Organization entitled: “ICAO UAS Study Group: Current Status & the Way Ahead”. Continue reading
RPAS 2012 – “Operational Experience & Lessons Learned” in Afghanistan by UK and French Armies
One of the highlights of UVS International’s RPAS 2012 Conference in Paris on June 5 – 7, will be on the second day, when the UK and French armies give a back-to-back presentation on “Operational Experience & Lessons Learned” in the deployment of UAS in Afghanistan. Colonel Gilles Randreau of the 61st Artillery Regiment in the French Army and Lieutenant-Colonel Craig Palmer, of 32 Regiment Royal Army will give the presentations. Continue reading
RPAS 2012 – General Atomics Presents “Predator Aircraft Series Status Report: Military & Civilian Missions”
On the third day of UVS International’s RPAS 2012 Conference in Paris on June 5 – 7, Stephen May of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, USA will present his “Predator Aircraft Series Status Report: Military & Civilian Missions”. Continue reading
UAS Present Data Management Challenge
The world is developing an insatiable demand for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and keeping up with it will present both a fiscal and data management challenge. That is one of the observations made by military leaders recently at the sixth annual UAS Action Summit in Grand Forks. Continue reading
RPAS 2012 – New French Regulatory Situation for Civil RPAS
On the second day of UVS International’s RPAS 2012 Conference in Paris on June 5 – 7, Claude Mas, of the Direction Générale de l’aviation civile (DGAC) (National Aviation Authority), France, will present a paper on the new “French Regulatory Situation for Civil RPAS”. Continue reading
RPAS 2012 – Nano RPAS: A New Reality
On the first day of UVS International’s RPAS 2012 Conference in Paris on June 5 – 7, Dag Paulsen, of ProxDynamics, Norway will present his paper entitled “Nano RPAS: A New Reality”. Continue reading
RPAS 2012 – FAA Reports on Progress on UAS Integration into the National Airspace System
On the second day of UVS International’s RPAS 2012 Conference in Paris on June 5 – 7, Rick Prosek, Manager of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Office, USA, will give an update on the FAA’s programme of UAS Integration into the National Airspace System entitled “ Current UAS Operations in the National Airspace System and the Research and Development Horizon”. Continue reading