Author Archives: Peter van Blyenburgh

ICAO Circular 328 UAS Now Published

ICAO Circular 328, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) – ISBN 978-92-9231-751-5 – has now been published by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The purpose of this circular is to:

  1. Apprise States of the emerging ICAO perspective on the integration of UAS into non-segregated airspace and at aerodromes
  2. Consider the fundamental differences from manned aviation that such integration will involve
  3. encourage States to help with the development of ICAO policy on UAS by providing information on their own experiences associated with these aircraft.

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EC Views UAS Petition Favourably

Yesterday, in reply to its petition, UVS International received a letter from Mr Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the European Commission, and Responsible for Transport, in which Mr Kallas indicated that he fully shared the views of UVS International. In addition, in reference to the European Commission’s High Level Group, which is being constituted “to develop a single European Roadmap dealing with the structural, institutional and regulatory measures that need to be tackled”, Mr Kallas indicated “Without wanting to pre-empt any decisions that will be taken in this regard, I am confident that the close involvement of UVS International to this work will be ensured”.

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