The conclusions of the survey on Global UAS Operations, conducted by Blyenburgh & Co, France in English, French and Spanish, are now online and can be downloaded free-of-charge. Continue reading
Author Archives: Peter van Blyenburgh
UVS International Ceases Its Activities
Since its start in 1995, UVS International’s principal objectives were to promote:
- The establishment of national, European and international regulations for the safe use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)
- The creation of the required standards and air traffic management norms
- The recognition of the societal benefits of UAS & the generalization of their use.
Survey On Global UAS Operations – ‘Interim’ Results Published
The ‘Interim’ Results of the Global UAS OPS survey on drone operations, which reflect the answers received from the survey respondents up to 1 October 2020, have been published and are available (free-of-charge) for downloading by all interested parties. Continue reading
Survey on European UAS Operations – Results Published
“UAS OPS’’ & ‘’OPS RISK” jointly constitute a survey on drone operations [current and near-future (1 to 2 years)] and operations safety risk assessment methods, that targeted drone operators in the European Union, and that was conducted in English, French, German & Spanish. Continue reading
JARUS: Where are you? – The Silence is Deafening
The Joint Authorities for Rulemaking on Unmanned Systems (JARUS), an international working group bringing together the representatives of 61 national aviation authorities (NAAs) & EASA, has done a lot of good work and supplied the international drone community with a significant number of highly valued guidance documents.
However, since its last Plenary Meeting in Chengdu, China in October 2019, nothing has been heard from JARUS.
Director General of French Civil Aviation Authority Bows Out
On Friday 18 September 2020, Patrick Gandhil, the Director General of the ‘‘Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile’’ (DGAC), the French civil aviation authority, officially left his function after 13 years in this position. Continue reading
NAARIC Urges EASA to Review its Position
The NAARIC (National Aviation Authorities Regulation Implementation Coordination) is a group of UAS experts from the main European National Aviation Authorities (NAAs) that was launched in 2019 with the objective of agreeing on a common approach at the European level towards the aspects left to the Member States by the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945, including their recent amendments regarding standard scenarios. Continue reading
Bringing Drone Operations into Perspective
‘Global UAS OPS’ is now online. This is an international survey on drone operations (current & upcoming) and is available in English, French & Spanish. The support & reference documents in these languages are also available. Contributions from all countries outside of Europe (see below) are welcome. Continue reading