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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
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The programme director for University of North Dakota’s Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems has been named to the newly launched North Dakota Airspace Integration Team. Al Palmer, director of the programme’s research, education and training, was appointed to the position by North Dakota’s congressional delegation and Governor
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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). The organizations present included: European Aviation Safety Agency, ECAC, European Commission, European
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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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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. There is also an additional
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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. The agency says that it is seeking the formal approval of its member states to accept the
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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 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. This seminar/workshop had been convened by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), in partnership with the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation
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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. The regulations developed by EUROCONTROL and stakeholders, received mandates by the European Commission. EASA provided the
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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... NASA called them Remotely Operated Aircraft (ROA) for a while. The good thing
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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
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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. The office recently became one of only a few civil entities granted a certificate of authorisation within Class D airspace from the