John McGraw, Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), talks to an American University Radio in Washington about new regulations from the Obama administration concerning unmanned aircraft and U.S. airspace. Continue reading
Category Archives: Regulatory Matters
NextGen UAS Research, Development and Demonstration Roadmap Published
The US Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) has released the NextGen Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research, Development and Demonstration Roadmap (UAS RD&D Roadmap) Version 1.0. Continue reading
Third EDA/ESA Workshop User/Stakeholder Workshop on Unmanned Aircraft Systems
The European Defence Agency (EDA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have co-organized the third user/stakeholder workshop on Unmanned Aircraft Systems on March 8th 2012, at the ESA Redu Centre, Belgium. Continue reading
Australia Publishes Draft Qualifications for RPA Pilot License
The Australian Government has just released draft proposals for qualifications required to obtain a Certificate III in Aviation (Remote Pilot). Continue reading
Frontex Organizes RPAS Border Surveillance Workshop
The workshop on “Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) and Optionally Piloted Aircraft (OPA) potential for European border surveillance and search and rescue (SAR) operations” will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria on 18 and 19 April 2012. Continue reading
ICAO Regional UAS Seminar – Lima, Peru – 18-20 April 2012
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the Latin American Civil Aviation Commission (LACAC) are organizing a Seminar on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for the Caribbean (CAR) and South American (SAM) Regions, which will take place at the ICAO SAM Regional and LACAC Offices in Lima, Peru, from 18 to 20 April 2012. Continue reading
New FAA Rules – “A Tsunami of Opportunity in the Commercial and Civil Sector”
Robert Fitzgerald, a 22-year Air Force veteran and president of BOSH Global Services is optimistic about the future. Continue reading
ICAO Adopts UAS-Related Amendments
On 7 March 2012, the Council of ICAO unanimously adopted amendments to Annexes 2 and 7 of the Chicago Convention, achieving a very important milestone for the insertion of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the total aviation system (i.e. not only the airspace, but the body of safety rules which apply to aviation to protect third parties on the ground and other airspace users). Continue reading