Impact of flight regulations on effective use of unmanned aircraft systems for natural resources applications

Andrea S. Laliberte

doi:10.1117/1.3474649

Impact of flight regulations on effective use of unmanned aircraft systems for natural resources applications

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing ◽

10.1117/1.3474649 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 043539 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Andrea S. Laliberte

Keyword(s):

Natural Resources ◽

Unmanned Aircraft ◽

Unmanned Aircraft Systems ◽

Aircraft Systems ◽

Effective Use

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Introducing Unmanned Aircraft Systems into a High Reliability ATC System

Journal of Navigation ◽

10.1017/s0373463313000337 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 66 (5) ◽

pp. 719-735 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Peter Brooker

Keyword(s):

Traffic Control ◽

High Reliability ◽

Policy Decision ◽

Unmanned Aircraft ◽

Unmanned Aircraft Systems ◽

Aircraft Systems ◽

Efficient Integration ◽

Effective Use ◽

Technological Improvements ◽

Real Time Simulations

Civil and military unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations are currently subject to restrictions that put major limits on their use of airspace. There is considerable debate about how to develop the safe, secure and efficient integration of UAS into non-segregated airspace and aerodromes. This paper examines a necessary safety aspect. Airlines and their passengers would obviously ask, “Is it still safe with all these unmanned aircraft around?” The spotlight must be on Air Traffic Control Systems as High Reliability Organizations (HRO). That status comes from industry characteristics: focus on safety, effective use of technological improvements, learning from feedback from accidents/incidents, and an underpinning safety culture. The safety of ATC Systems has improved dramatically: accidents are now the product of rare and complex ‘messes’ of multiple failures. It is therefore a major challenge to preserve the HRO status by ensuring at least current safety performance. The analysis sketches feasible processes of policy decision-making and safety analyses. Key factors are policies on UAS equipage and airspace usage, implementation of a Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS)-variant appropriate for UAS, use of an ‘Equivalent Level of Safety’ philosophy, small datalink latencies, proven HRO safety and learning cultures, and stress testing of system resilience by real-time simulations.

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An Exploratory Investigation of UAS Regulations in Europe and the Impact on Effective Use and Economic Potential

Drones ◽

10.3390/drones5030063 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 63

Author(s):

Ahmed Alamouri ◽

Astrid Lampert ◽

Markus Gerke

Keyword(s):

Legal Framework ◽

Unmanned Aircraft ◽

Unmanned Aircraft Systems ◽

Economic Potential ◽

The European Union ◽

Aircraft Systems ◽

Exploratory Investigation ◽

Effective Use ◽

The Impact ◽

Human Injury

Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have rapidly become more common in various applications. At the same time, the need for a safe UAS operation is of great importance to minimize and avoid risks that could arise with the deployment of this technology. With these requirements, UAS regulators in the European Union (EU) are making large efforts to enable a reliable legal framework of conditions for UAS operation to keep up with new capabilities of this technology and to minimize the risk of property damage and, most importantly, human injury. A recent outcome of the mentioned efforts is that new EU drone regulations are into force since 1 January 2021. In this paper we aim to provide a sound overview of recent EU drone regulations and the main changes to the rules since the first wave of regulations adopted in 2017. We highlight how such new rules help or hinder the use of UAS technology and its economic potential in scientific and commercial sectors by providing an exploratory investigation of UAS legal frames in Europe. An example of the impact of legislation on the operation of one particular UAS in Germany is provided, which has been in use since 2013 for atmospheric research.

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