On 23 June 2011 the European Commission officially announced the creation of the EC UAS Panel at the Paris Air Show. The objective of the EC UAS Panel is to produce a policy document, describing the current global UAS situation and the key challenges facing UAS development and operation in Europe. The policy document should provide concrete recommendations to policy-makers on how obstacles can be removed so as to promote the development of the UAS market in Europe.
Category Archives: Regulatory Matters
Kansas State University at Salina’s UAS Programme Gets FAA Airspace Authorisation
Kansas State University at Salina’s unmanned aircraft systems programme office has landed key authorisation from the Federal Aviation Administration that will benefit programme offerings and students.
Integrating UAS into NextGen Systems
MITRE released this video explaining what it is doing to help unmanned aircraft operate safely in the national airspace by integrating them into the FAA’s air traffic control system.
UK Moves Closer to Opening Airspace to UAS
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is scheduled to publish the first draft of regulatory proposals under Part 23 standards for sense-and-avoid systems and autonomous decision-making by UAS in civil airspace.
ICAO’s NAM/CAR/SAM Civil/Military Cooperation Seminar & Workshop – Lima, Peru
The ICAO NAM/CAR/SAM Civil/Military Cooperation Seminar/Workshop starts today at the premises of the ICAO SAM Regional Office in Lima, Peru and will continue up to 19 August 2011.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION UAS PANEL – Announcement of the Second Workshop
The official announcement of the creation of the EC UAS Panel and its objectives was made by Daniel Calleja in the GIFAS International chalet at the Paris Air Show on 23 June 2011. During this event, Peter van Blyenburgh (UVS International) gave a short overview of the objectives of the EC UAS Panel’s first workshop that was to take place at EUROCONTROL headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on 12 July 2011.
US Congress Passes Short-Term FAA Extension – Ending Partial Shutdown
On 5 August, Congress passed a short-term FAA extension ending a two week partial shutdown of the FAA. The 14-day shutdown cost the federal government nearly $400 million in lost revenue because the FAA was not allowed to collect taxes on air tickets.
FAA Looks into News Corp’s Daily Drone
The News Corp’s The Daily has a drone that it’s sent out a few times. Taking footage for news-gathering purposes seems like a commercial use of a drone. I followed up with the FAA asking if News Corp was one of the companies with an experimental certificate. The inquiry got lobbed to the FAA’s legal department…