I was present at the UNHABITED AERONAUTICAL VEHICLE meeting in HQ
EUROCONTROL in BRUSSELS on MAY 6;7 and 8.
This activity organised by EADS and UVSI under the denomination UAS WORKSHOP with a
participation of about 400 persons over the three days, revealed a lot of intresting information witch
is avaible via the
WWW.EUROCONTROL.INT and
WWW.EADS.NETThe vital point to note is the fact thad the use of UAV will only be possible as this devices can
satisfy on the same requirementts of any other AIRSPACE USER be it in IFR or in VFR
OPERATIONS in the ICAO KLASS AIRSPACE A,B,C,D,E,F,G .
Apaerently the military UAV are very advanced to operate in the OAT and the civilian hope very
soon to have the LEGAL and TECHNICAL possiblity to operate in IFR in the A,B and C
AIRSPACE .
Of cours the operation in SEGREGATED AIRSPACE is always a possiblity via publications in the
AIP or via NOTAM.
The operations in the other AIRSPACE D,E,F and G is still not in vieuw as long they can not satisfy
the SENSE & AVOID ( SEE & AVOID) in the VFR OPERATIONS
In certain country the very light weight ( 9 Kgr) can operate in VFR operation at very low altitude by
some STATE AUTHORITY and in LOSV and via a NOTAM ( to be verified)
Also note thad at ICAO level there is a group working on this subject in witch IAOPA HQ via MR
HOFMAN is involved as leading the UAV-PILOT LICENSE requirements and training programme.
Intresting was the personnel briefing I received of the record on the GAF license for UAV( military) ,
the system and the operations aplication, witch is also proposed toward the civilian authority for the
civilian UAV operations
The official denomination now seems to be; UAS = UNMANNED VEHICLE SYSTEM
The UVSI from witch MR PETER van BLYENBURGH is the cairman is preparing the UVSI
ANNUAL REPORT in witch there is a CD-ROM avaible with 1000 UAS who are operating at
GLOBAL LEVEL
PVB@UVS-INFO.COMVoor de SENIOREN deze UAS zijn LUCHTVAARTUIGEN waar er geen PILOOT aan boord van het toestel is en welk heden reeds zeer sterk in gebruik zijn voor de oorlogsvoering in verschillende streken deze zijn tussen toestellen van enkele gram en toestellen van enkele ton ( Vermoedelijk 20.000 kgr of 20 Ton) maar dat moet ik verder uitpluizen men voorziet zulke toestellen ook in burgergebruik in 20XX !!!
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