UAS VISION
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This event took place at Eurocontrol Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on 13 & 14 September 2011 and was attended by 212 persons (small & large industry: 42; military: 28; regulators: 69; research organization: 18; users: 35; various: 10). Continue reading
On 25 August 2011, the national Czech UAS regulation was published in the Czech Republic. It will become effective on 1st March 2012 so that the stakeholders are informed in advance of this general concise regulatory framework. Continue reading
The over-arching objective is to allow the UAS operators to carry out useful commercial, public, or research flights of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), without undue risk to other airspace users and people on the ground. I think that this objective will have broad public support. Continue reading
Photo: Eurocontrol
Eurocontrol is taking the final regulatory steps towards becoming the network manager for the European ATM system, a role that will be crucial to the success of the Single European Sky (SES) effort.
On 4 August 2011, the DGAC (French National Civil Aviation Authority) published the draft of two proposed decrees for public consultation: Continue reading
The ICAO NAM/CAR/SAM Civil/Military Cooperation Seminar/Workshop took place at the “Escuela Superior de Guerra Aerea” in Lima, Peru from 16 to 19 August 2011.
The European Commission is proceeding with the formal adoption process of the Surveillance Performance and Interoperability (SPI) and Aircraft Identification (ACID) rules after the Single European Sky Committee approved implementation last Thursday in Brussels.
25 years ago, they were called Remotely Piloted Vehicles or RPV’s. It was a step up from Drone which was the term used during the Viet Nam war and before. There were variations of course…