Events
On 16 November 2011, the European Commission UAS Panel’s 4th Workshop took place in the Europa meeting room at EUROCONTROL headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. This workshop addressed the following topics and their pertinence to UAS: societal impact, privacy, data protection, liability and ethical concerns. The “chef de file” and
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The process of establishing the world’s first operational lunar base and propellant depot business in space is underway as the Shackelton Energy Company launches its initial fund raising campaign. This comes in the footsteps of recent amazing new discoveries of huge deposits of propellant-feedstock ice on the moon by
Events
On 16 November 2011, the European Commission UAS Panel’s 4th Workshop will take place in the Europa meeting room at EUROCONTROL headquarters in Brussels, Belgium from 09.00 to 17.40 (registration starts at 08.30). This workshop will cover the following topics and their pertinence to UAS: societal
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On 25-27 October 2011 the UAS Latin America conference & exhibition took place at the Technology Park in Sao José dos Campos in Brazil. The conference, which was organised, under the auspices of UVS International, jointly by Blyenburgh & Co, France and Organização Brasilieira para o Desenvolvimento da Certificação Aeronautica
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The ICAUV 2012 Conference & Exhibition taking place at the Eagleton Golf Resort in Banaglore, India is the only event totally dedicated to UAS in India that is totally supported by the Indian Ministry of Defence, Defence Research & Development Organization, Aeronautical Development Establishment. The following documents pertaining to ICAUV
Events
The second edition of International Conference on Autonomous Unmanned Systems (ICAUV 2012) is totally dedicated to Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and it aims to bring the Indian and international UAS communities together. The following points have motivated its organisation: * India has recognized the force multiplying possibilities that UAS offer and
Regulatory Matters
The third workshop in a five-part series of European Commission (EC) UAS Panel Workshops run jointly by the European Commission's DG Mobility & Transport (MOVE) and DG Enterprise (ENTR) on the topic of insertion of UAS into European controlled airspace, will take place at Eurocontrol headquarters, 96 rue
Regulatory Matters
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). The organizations present included: European Aviation Safety Agency, ECAC, European Commission, European
Regulatory Matters
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. More details will be included in the Czech CAA Directive, which is being
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China Aviation Publishing & Media Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of China Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC), and the organizer of the UAS China 2011 conference has informed UVS International, that due to an overload of work caused by various aviation related events in China, the decision has been taken to not
Regulatory Matters
On 4 August 2011, the DGAC (French National Civil Aviation Authority) published the draft of two proposed decrees for public consultation: The provisions of the draft Decree concerning the design of civil aircraft which fly without anyone on board, their conditions of use and the skills required of their users
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The Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) activities are constantly growing in Latin America. There are ongoing developments (civil & military) in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. UAS operations (civil and/or military) are currently taking place in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.Amongst others,