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events & activities

2016

Mid-year review

FederatingThe Global RPAS/Drone Community

Promoting International Coordination & Cooperation

Advocating

Harmonised Rules & RegulationsInformation Dissemination

Awareness Creation


ISO SC16

In January 2016, ISO SC16 initiated a 90 day ballot for three standards (general specifications, product systems, and operational procedures) to be dealt with by three working groups and, pending their approval, will commerce work in April 2016. The SC16 membership currently includes members from 8 participating countries, namely China, France, Germany, Japan, Russian Federation, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and United States, and from 5 observing countries.

Belgium - RPAS CivOps 2016 - 4th Edition

The 4th edition of the association’s annual conference dedicated to RPAS operations, took place at the Royal Military Academy in Brussels, Belgium on 19 & 20 January 2016. This event, which is now established as the European Civil RPAS Operators’ Forum, had a strong presence of the European Parliament, the European Commission and national aviation authorities from 11 countries. The conference was attended by representatives from 23 countries, namely, Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA.

A photographic review of the event can be found on www.rpas-civops.org. (see «Photos»» in the main menu bar). The video speeches given by Leslie Cary (ICAO) and Matthijs van Miltenburg (European Parliament) can be found under the tab European Matters on www.uvs-info.com

Europe - RPAS Fast Track Initiative

At the RPAS CivOps 2016 conference, UVS International, in coordination with the RPAS communities of:• France (Conseil pour les drones civils; FPDC)• Belgium (Ministry of Transport & BeUAS)• Netherlands (Ministry of Infrastructure & Environment; DARPAS) initiated the RPAS Fast Track initiative.

In this context, RPAS community should be understood as as including: regulatory authorities, national associations, industry [manufacturers (RPAS & sub-systems), RPAS operators and service suppliers, including flight schools]. This initiative, which is based on an integrated community approach, has as objective to pool national competences to rapidly develope recommendations that are considered of critical importance by the RPAS community and to submit them to organisations such as the European Commission, European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), Joint Authorities for Rulemaking on Unmanned Systems (JARUS), as well as national aviation authorities for their consideration and possible adoption. The initial two topics that will be dealt with are:

• Safety rules for test and training ranges;• Safety rules for public demonstration of RPAS & drone races.

During the definition of these safety rules, extensive use of existing best practices, as well as existing draft safety rules will be taken into account. For reasons of speed and in order to reduce the financial implications for the participants, the work that will be undertaken will principally be accomplished remotely.

Since the initial annoucement, several additional European national RPAS communities have manifested interest to join this initiative.RPAS community members interested to join this initiative are invited to contact UVS International.

UVS International General Assembly 2015

The association’s General Assembly for 2015 took place at the Royal Military Academy in Brussels, Belgium from 17.00 to 19.30 on 20 January 2016. At this meeting, a new Board of Directors was unanimously voted into office and the new members of the International RPAS Coordination Council were announced. The new Board of Directors (see pages 11 & 12) has representation from 27 countries on 5 continents, namely:

Argentina Australia Austria BelgiumBotswana * Canada China Colombia Finland France Germany Hong KongIreland Italy (2 ass.) Japan Latvia Namibia * Netherlands Norway Peru Romania South Africa * South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland UK (2 ass.) USA * = represented by South Africa

and is constituted by: 7 Representatives of Micro companies (< 10 employees - Turnover: < Euro 2 million) 4 Representatives of Small & Medium-sized companies (< 250 employees - Turnover: <Euro 50 million) 6 Representatives of Large industrial companies (> 250 employees - Turnover: >Euro 50 million) 1 Representative of a Non-Corporate Research Organisation (64 employees) 27 Representatives of national RPAS associations

Belgium - EC DG ECHORPAS Workshop for Civil Protection Experts

On 21 & 22 January 2016, the European Commission (EC) Directorate General (DG) for Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection (ECHO) organised an RPAS workshop in Brussels, Belgium for civil protection experts.

The event was attended by State representatives from most of the European Union countries & Turkey, and subject matter experts. The objective of the workshop was to evaluate the potential offered by RPAS in the domain of disaster management, define

the obstacles (regulatory, ethical, strategic) that have to be overcome to unlock this potential and come to a conclusion of the best way forward. Peter van Blyenburgh, UVS International had been invited to participate as the regulatory moderator and gave a presentation explaining the current regulatory situation worldwide. Patrick Meyer, UAViators, was the second moderator and presentated the current use of RPAS for humanitarian disaster purposes and the code of conduct being proposed by his organisation for such applications. This event significantly contributed to put the potential offered by RPAS in perspective for the civil protection and disastre relief communities, to highlight the

EC DG ECHO RPAS Workshopfor Civil Protection Experts


progress made as well as the remaining common bottlenecks. Hopefully, this event will contribute to create awareness within these communities of the importance to position themselves as legitimate RPAS stakeholders, and to jointly undertake actions for their benefit.See the event’s final report under «Community Info» on www.rpas-regulations.com

Belgium - SESAR RPAS Outlook Study Reference Group

In December 2015, the SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU) awarded the SESAR RPAS Outlook Study to the Boston Consulting Group. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the current & future market for non-military RPAS, come forward with credible numbers and substantiate the need to act at all levels, in order to: • Boost and integrate research & innovation forces in Europe;• To leverage the broad range of industrial opportunities that

are linked to drone integration in the aviation industry.

This fast-track strategic study, which will be completed in June 2016 and will serve as a basis for future EU decision making on the topic. To ensure full transparency and involve key aviation stakeholders in the process, SJU announced the establishment of an ad-hoc Reference Group in January 2016.

That same month, UVS International was invited by SJU to use its network to reach out to the RPAS community (current & future), explain the initiative, and sollicit submissions from expert participant(s) to constitute this group. Its activities have resulted in 25 industrial [manufacturers & operators (current & future)] and institutional experts from 15 countries signing on.

Spain - Marine UAS

On 2-5 February 2016, the Horizon 2020-funded project «International Training Network on Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Systems for Marine & Coastal Monitoring» (www.itk.ntnu.no/itn) organised a workshop for the participants at the Air Traffic Laboratory for Advanced Systems (ATLAS) facility in Villacarrillo, Andalucia in southern Spain.

UVS International gave a keynote address on the RPAS regulatory situation in & outside of Europe, and to highlight specific points, which were of interest to the participants in the project, and which will have a profound impact on the European RPAS community.

International - United Nations RPAS Requirement

On 11 February 2016, UVS International was sollicited by the United Nations Procurement Division in New York, NY, USA to assist by disseminating a Call for Expression of Interest (EoI) relative to the provision of RPAS services to the UN in Africa.

Qatar - Meeting with MILIPOL

Within the framework of its RPAS-related advisory role to MILIPOL, UVS International met with the MILIPOL management team on 17 February 2016 to discuss the positioning of RPAS in the context of the conference sessions at the upcoming MILIPOL exhibition in Doha, Qatar.

Europe - RAVT Conclusion Submitted to SESAR

On 28 February 2016, UVS International submitted the conclusion of the RAVT (RPAS Autopilot Validation Tool) initiatve to SESAR for their consideration for possible funding.

Europe - SESAR RPAS Outlook Study Reference Group

On 29 February 2016, the first meeting of the SESAR RPAS Outlook Study Reference Group took place at the SESAR offices in Brussels, Belgium. UVS International and a significant number of its members participated.

Europe - Meeting with EUROCAE

On 1 March 2016, UVS International met with the EUROCAE Secretary General Christian Schleifer and RPAS point man Alexander Engel to discuss the modalities under which members of UVS International & affiliated associations may be able to continue to contribute to the work of WG93 on Light RPAS.

Europe - EUROCAE UAS/RPAS Workshop

On 4 March 2016, a EUROCAE UAS/RPAS Workshop took place at EUROCONTROL headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. The purpose of this workshop, which was attended by 72 persons, was to discuss the future working arrangements and work programme for the development of RPAS standards. The topics discussed included the following:• Standards & Acceptable Means of Compliance (with perspectives

supplied by the EC, SESAR Joint Undertaking, EASA);• Review of the activities of WG73 & WG93, ASTM, JARUS;• Possible structures of a new RPAS WG;• Special arrangements for subject matter expert participation

The conclusions can be resumed as follows:• The international, European & national standards organisations

are not coordinating their respective work;• None of the paying EUROCAE members present were willing to

commit resources to standards development for RPAS (< 25 kg);• A WG tackling standards work on all sizes of RPAS appears

to be preferred by EUROCAE (but this was not the opinion of the WG93 leadership);

• The leadership teams of WG73 & WG93 will jointly produce draft terms of reference for the new WG on RPAS and submit it to the EUROCAE General Secretariat (& Council) for approval (expected in June 2016). Subsequently, a call inviting only paying EUROCAE members to support the proposed WG & commit resources will be published.

UVS International stated that it was an absolute necessity that RPAS operators & new disruptive technology companies (not traditional EUROCAE members) participate in this standards work. Airspace safety is a common responsibility that should be proportionately shared by all RPAS community members.

Japan - Japan Drone

On 24-26 March 2016, the Japan Drone 2016 exhibition for commercial RPAS, the first RPAS tradeshow in Japan, took place in the Makuhari Meese in Chiba, Japan (www.japan-drone.com). This event was organised by the Japan UAS Industry Development Association (JUIDA), Congress Corporation, and Space Media Japan Company Ltd. It attracted 120 exhibitors and 8 000 visitors from Japan, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Israel, South Korea and the United States.

UVS International gave the keynote address on the current regulatory situation in the world, and also addressed the current RPAS industrial landscape, the obstacles that still have to be overcome, the way forward, and how Japan can contribute. A photographic review of the RPA exhibited can be found on www.


uvs-info.com. Japan Drone 2017 will take place on at the same venue in Chiba on 23-25 March 2017.

Japan - JUIDA & UVS International Sign MoU

During the Japan Drone 2016 event, the presidents of JUIDA (www.uas-japan.org) and UVS International signed, in front of the press, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Under the terms of this agreement, the two associations formally pledged to explore avenues of mutually beneficial cooperation, on national and international level, relative to technological and industrial development projects, the application of technologies, the exchange of information (particularly in the field of regulatory matters and standards), and RPAS-related exhibitions & conferences. After the signing of the MoU, a press conference was held. Subsequently, JUIDA also formly became a non-corporate member of UVS International.

of this survey will be presented at the RPAS 2016 conference in Brussels, Belgium (see www.rpas-conference.com) and will be discussed at a dedicated Splinter Meeting on the second day of the conference. Subsequently, they will be posted on www.drone-rules.eu

The DronesRules.EU project aims at building a comprehensive and high quality online presence in order to create THE reference web portal in the European Union (EU) (+ Norway and Switzerland) with the purpose of increasing awareness and facilitating understanding of the legal environment and constraints in relation with light RPAS operations (safety, privacy and data protection, insurance, etc.), with a focus on non-commercial operators (incl. hobbyists).

The project will also facilitate access to the European market for commercial operators intending to use RPAS in their home country, or in other EU countries, and showcase the opportunities for economic and job market growth that RPAS represent for entrepreneurs and Small & Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).

The DroneRules.EU project is funded by the COSME Programme of the European Union under the Grant Agreement N°680960 launched by the European Commission Executive Agency for Small & Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME). The project started on 1 October 2015 and has a duration of 24 months.


On 5 April 2016, the second meeting of the SESAR RPAS Outlook Study Reference Group took place at the SESAR offices in Brussels, Belgium. UVS International again participated.

France - EuropaDrone

On 6 & 7 April 2016, the EuropaDrone 2016 tradeshow was to take place in Lyon, France. This event, organised by GL events Exhibitions, France & Blyenburgh & Co, France, under the auspices of UVS International, was to cater to the entire RPAS value chain (manufacturers of systems & sub-systems, software developers, operators & the service supplying industry, including flight training schools, research organisations, insurance brokers, data protection & privacy experts, legal experts). This event was postponed after the organizers came to the conclusion that maintaining the dates would not allow them, within the required timeframe, to meet the expectations that corresponded with the event’s ambitions. Possible new dates & venue, as well as a revised marketing strategy are under review by GL events Exhibitions, and will be announced.

New Zealand - Information Dissemination

On 13 April 2016, on request of the New Zealand Fire Service (NZFS), UVS International disseminated, a Request for Information (RFI) relative to RPAS to its members. The purpose of this RFI is to make it possible for the NZFS to gain insight on how RPAS can add value, if they are incorporated into their future emergency service strategy.

Europe - RPAS Roadmap Implementation Coordination Group 4th Meeting

The 4th meeting of the RPAS Roadmap Implementation Coordination Group was called by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and took place at their office in Brussels, Belgium on 27 January 2016. The purpose of this meeting was

Prof. Shanji Suzuki, JUIDA & Peter van BlyenburghUVS International

International - OSCE RPAS Requriement

On 25 March 2016, on request of the Organisation for Security a Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), UVS International disseminated information relative to a Request For Quotation (RFQ) for the supply of mid-range and mini RPAS for the ESCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine.

DroneRules.EU Consortium Launches RPA Insurance Survey

On 29 March 2016, the DroneRules.EU consortium launched a pan-European RPAS/drone insurance survey. The conclusions


to review and supply comments on a document explaining the upcoming RPAS activities indicated in the «Technical Opinion» by EASA and the «Legislative Proposal» by the European Commission Directorate General Mobility & Transport (DG MOVE), which were submitted to the European Parliament and the European Council in December 2015. The document in question, which was requested by the Netherlands EU Presidency, was to be made public, under the patronage of the Netherlands EU Presidency, at the EASA RPAS Symposium in Cologne in June 2016.

UVS International actively participated in this meeting and submitted extensive written comments and suggestions.

The Netherlands Luchtvaartlentebijeenkomst

On 9 May 2016, the annual network meeting of the Dutch Aviation Group (DAG) (www.dutchaviation.nl), which, under the chairmanship of Anne Cor Groeneveld, brings together Dutch aviation industry leaders, politicians, regulatory authorities and high level military representatives, took place in Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

This year’s event theme was RPAS/Drones, and the President of UVS I n t e r n a t i o n a l (registered in The Netherlands), had been invited to give the keynote speech. During his address, he called for the constitution of a national Dutch civil drone council (similar to what has been created in France) that would federate all national

stakeholders, and emphasized the benefit this would have for the Dutch industrial and services community.


On 11 May 2016, the third and last meeting of the SESAR RPAS Outlook Study Reference Group took place at the SESAR offices in Brussels, Belgium. UVS International, as well as a significant number of its members participated in the meeting. The SESAR RPAS Outlook Study is now on track to be published in June 2016.

Europe - EuroNews Contributes to RPAS/Drone Awareness Creation

On instigation of the European Commission, EuroNews, the international news broadcaster based in Lyon, France, is producing, within the context of its «Business Planet» series, a televised RPAS/drone awareness creation information focus, which has been aired in 15 European languages in Europe, and in English outside of Europe for a period of 10 days starting 11 June 2016. On

20 May 2016, the President of UVS International was invited to the EuroNews studios in Lyon, France to contribute to this programme. He addressed RPAS-related rules & regulations, privacy & data protection, and insurance matters, within the context of the DroneRules.EU project.

The Netherlands - CAPIGI / GEOAGRI

The Community on Agricultural Policy Implementation and Geo-Information (CAPIGI) (www.capigi.eu) this year organized its annual conference & exhibition in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on 24-26 May 2016.

The event was co-located with the GEOAGRI conference & exhibition, which focuses on the use of geo-spatial data for improved & sustainable agriculture. The CAPIGI-GEOAGRI Geospatial World Forum (www.geospatialworldforum.org) was held in the World Trade Centre. UVS International gave the keynote address at this event.

USA - ICUAS’16 - 8th Edition

The 2016 edition of the International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), which is sponsored by the ICUAS Associattion, took place in Arlington, VA, USA on 7-10 June 2016 (see uasconferences.com). ICUAS’16 aims at bringing together different groups of qualified military and civilian representatives, organization representatives, funding agencies, industry and academia from all over the world, to discuss the current state of UAS advances, and the roadmaps to their full utilization in civilian and public domains. Special emphasis is given to current and future research opportunities, and to ‘what comes next’ in terms of the essential technologies that need to be utilized to further advance UAS. UVS International was invited to give the keynote address at this international event.

Web Site Updates

Since January 2016, work has been ongoing to transform www.uvs-international.org, www.uvs-info.com, www.rpas-regulations.com, www.rpas-conference.com and www.rpas-civops.org. These web sites are being migrated from a Joomla-based Content Management System (CMS) to WordPress, and will be compatible with iPhone and Androïd, as well as tablets. This process is planned be finalized before 31 July 2016.

From now on the association’s annual mid-year (June) conference will have www.rpas-conference.com as its standard web site, and the association’s annual year end (Dec.) conference will have www.rpas-civops.com as its standard web site.

Europe - Stakeholder Workshop on Unmanned Aircraft

This workshop, organised by the Netherlands Presidency of the European Union, the European Commission, and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), took place in the new headquarters of EASA in Cologne, Germany on 20 June 2016. The purpose of this workshop (attendance on invitation) was to present the latest developments in the field of unmanned aircraft and the projected way forward to the leaders of the European RPAS stakeholder community.

L to R: Ronald Schnitker (President of Royal Netherlands Aeronautical Association), LtGen (r’td) Ben Droste (former Commander in Chief RNLAF, strategic advisor to XCOR), Peter van Blyenburgh (UVS International)


During this workshop, EASA’s «Prototype Rules» were presented, as well as an update of EASA’s Geo-Fencing Task Force and its Drone Impact Task Force, a preview of the upcoming JARUS deliverables. At the end of the meeting, the European «Unmanned Aircraft file» was handed over for continuation by the Dutch Presidency to the incoming Slovak Presidency.

Just before the end of the meeting, the UVS International President gave a short speech and remitted the Catherine Fargeon award to Liu Hao, National Research Centre for ATM Law & Standards, China. In his reply speech, Liu Hao, addressing himself to the European Commission and referring to the 4 functional Chinese UTM systems, proposed coordination and cooperation between China and the European Union relative to defining a mutually acceptable UTM system.

UVS International, representing the national RPAS associations, participated in this event with a delegation of 18 members.

Belgium - RPAS 2016 - 18th Annual Edition

UVS International’s annual mid-year conference took place at the Royal Military Academy in Brussels, Belgium on 22 & 23 June 2016. This event has grown to become Europe’s principal RPAS-related regulatory and policy forum.

This year’s event put a special focus on the «Conseil pour les drones civils» and the RPAS situation in France, as well as on the EC-funded «DroneRules.EU» project and its awareness creation objectives. The first iteration of this EC portal was presented. The event’s speaker of honour was Hiroko Nakamura, representing the Japan UAS Industry Development Association (JUIDA). Besides 34 presentations, this year’s event also featured 3 successful Splinter Meetings, which addressed Remote Pilot Training Flight School Qualification, Safety Rules for Test Ranges, RPAS Insurance.

RPAS 2016 was attended by industry & regulatory representatives from 25 countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Rep., Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, UK, USA), as well as representatives of the European Parliament, European Commission (DG ECHO, DG GROWTH, DG MOVE, Joint Research Centre), European Union agencies (EASA, EASME, EDA, EMSA, ESA, EUROCONTROL, SatCen, SESAR JU, Technical Centre for Agricultural & Rural Cooperation), the BENELUX Secretariat, International Organizations (ECAC, NATO), regulatory authorities (Belgium, France, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Sweden), military aviation authority (Finland), Ministry

of Defence (Belgium, Finland, Singapore), Ministry of Interior (Belgium, Israel, Romania), standards organizations (ASTM) and ANSPs (Belgium, Denmark). See the «Blog/Docs» tab (sub-tab «Past Events») on www.rpas-conference.com for the photographic review of the event. The proceedings order form is available under the «Order» tab on www.rpas-conference.com

UVS International Awards - 2016 Edition

During the RPAS 2016 conference, UVS International’s «Catherine Fargeon» Award was remitted to the following persons:• Carine Donzel, DGAC, France & Council for Civil Drones• Hao Liu, National Research Centre of ATM Law & Standards,

China• Matthijs van Miltenburg, European Parliament, Shadow

Rapporteur on the Use of Civil Drones• Alain Siebert, SESAR Joint Undertaking, EU• Ted Wierzbanowski, ASTM, USASee the photos of the 67 recipients of all UVS International awards on pages 8-10.

AcknowledgementEuroUSC, UK financially sponsored the 2016 awards.

RPAS Yearbook - 14th Annual Edition

The first copies of 2016 edition of «RPAS: The Global Perspective» were made available to all participants in the RPAS 2016 conference. The electronic edition of this publication is available for viewing under the «Yearbook» tab on www.uas-info.com

RPAS Yearbook - 15th Annual Edition

The media kit with all information on advertising in the 2017 edition of «RPAS: The Global Perspective» can be found under the «Yearbook» tab on www.uvs-info.com

Europe - Pre-Announcement - SESAR Joint Undertaking

On 1 July 2016, SESAR Joint Undertaking announced that it will publish (on 14 July 2016) 10 calls for RPAS-related contracts concerning innovative solutions for a new unmanned traffic management («UTM») system for very low level RPAS operations. The combined budget available for all 10 grant agreements will be € 9m. 2 principal work areas will be addressed, namely operational issues (budget € 0,8M) and technical issues (budget € 8,2M).

For additional information see http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/calls/h2020-sesar-2016-1.html

Carine Donzel, DGAC, FranceSara Gobbi, ASTM International, USA

(on behalf of Ted Wiersbanowski)

Liu HaoNational Research Centre of ATM

Law & Standards, China


Germany - CURPAS

CURPAS (Civil Use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems) will take place in Berlin, Germany on 19 & 20 July 2016. This event, which is being organised by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uwe Meinberg, head of chair Industrial Information Technology at the Brandenburg Technology University Cottbus-Senftenberg, has as objective to contribute to the promotion of a comprehensive civil RPAS applications network in Germany, implicating multiple RPAS operator community stakeholders.

UVS International has been invited to give the keynote address this event and to contribute to awareness creation with the attendees on the regulatory developments at the European level.

China - ATC Global - 2nd Biennial Edition

On 12-14 September 2016, ATC Global will take place for the second time in the New China International Exhibition Centre in Beijing, China. This event, which is totally dedicated to Air Traffic Control and related technologies, is organised by UBM, UK, co-organised by the Civil Aviation Museum, China, sponsored by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, and supported by EUROCONTROL. See: www.atcglobalhub.com

UVS International, which has supported the previous event, has once again been invited to organise a special session dedicated to RPAS-related matters.

China - UAS 2016 - 6th Annual Edition

On 19 & 20 September 2016, the 6th China International UAS Conference & Exhibition will take place at the China International Exhibition Center in Beijing, China. This international event, which will focus on safety, innovation, integration and R&D, is organised by the Chinese Society of Aeronautics & Astronautics (CSAA) in cooperation with China Aviation News, China Aviation Publishing & Media Co., Ltd, CSAA Technical Committee of Unmanned Aircraft & Micro Aircraft, and China Aviation Promotion Co., Ltd, as well as the National Research Center of Air Traffic Management Law and Standard, National Key Laboratory of Science & Technology on UAV, and Science & Technology on Electro-optic Control Laboratory.

This event, which is China’s principal RPAS event, is co-hosted by Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), Beihang University (BUAA), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics (NUAA), and the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping & Geoinformation. The conference will have an international session (with simultaneous translation) and & a domestic session (Chinese delegates only), and 5 communication forums, which will be attended by 500 delegates. The event is expected to feature 100 exhibitors and attract 100 000 visitors, including 30 000 professionals. See: www.uaschina.net

UVS International, which has supported all five previous events, has once again been invited - but now within the framework of the strategic partnership agreement with China Aviation Promotion - to be the event’s oversea’s supporter. UVS International will be promoting stand sales, leading a delegation of non-Chinese speakers, and will also give a keynote address. Click on the UAS China 2016 slider on www.uvs-info.com for additional information and the information request form.

Qatar - MILIPOL - 11th Biennial Edition

The Qatar MILIPOL exhibition will take place in Doha, Qatar on 31 Oct. - 2 Nov. 2016. It is the largest exhibition in the Middle East focusing on state security, police equipment, industrial site security and civil defence. RPAS will be a major theme at this event. UVS International is actively contributing to the organisation of this event. See www.milipolqatar.com

Belgium - RPAS CivOps II 2016 5th Annual Edition - RPAS Operations & Operators’ Forum

Due to the reprogramming of the RPAS CivOps conference from December 2015 to January 2016, there will be two RPAS CivOps events in 2016. The annual December edition of this conference will this year again take place at the Royal Military Academy in Brussels, Belgium on 6 & 7 December 2016. See www.rpas-civops.org & www.rpas-civops.com (after 4 July 2016)

Europe - Countries with RPAS Regulation

At the time of this publication was published, the following 18 European countries had an RPAS regulation is place:

Austria Belgium Czech Rep. Germany Denmark Estonia Finland France Ireland Italy Latvia Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Sweden UK

Note: Switzerland does not have a RPAS regulation, but a significant amount of commercial & non-commercial RPAS activity takes place under «adapted» model aircraft rules.

Certificated European Civil RPAS Operators Community

The increasing numbers of nationally approved or authorized (jointly referred to as certificated) commercial RPAS operators in Europe is a positive sign of the European commercial RPAS market development. According to the figures at our disposal, there are 6743 certificated RPAS operators (companies commercially operating RPAS) in Europe (Jan. 2016): Austria: 198 Belgium: 40 Czech Rep.: 24 Denmark: 49 Finland: 33 France: 1921 Germany: 300 (est.) Ireland: 20 Italy: 965 Netherlands: 24 Norway 300 Spain: 1000 Sweden: 244 Switzerland 25 UK: 1600

International RPAS Coordination Council (IRCC)

At the time of this publication going to press, the IRCC had grown out to consist of the following 27 national associations, together representing over 3600 companies & organisations (quantity of members between brackets - June ‘16): AAI, Austria (34) ACUO, Australia (71) AERPAS, Spain (101) APEVANT, Peru (12) ARPAS, UK (500) ARPAS-HK, Hong Kong (31) ARPASA, Argentina (17) ASSORPAS, Italy (58) ARTC, Colombia (111) AUVSC, China (250) BeUAS, Belgium (175) CUAASA, South Africa (110) DARPAS, Netherlands (64) FIAPR, Italy (94) FPDC, France (275) JUIDA, Japan (370) KDR, South Korea (30) LARPAS, Latvia (10) RPAS Finland, Finland (17) SFCD, Switzerland (190) UAAI, Ireland (20) UAS Norway, Norway (613) UAS Sweden, Sweden (64) UAV-DACH, Germany (103) UAVS, UK (120) USC, Canada (186) UVS Romania, Romania (10)


Michael AlloucheIAI-Malat, Israel (2008)

Daniel Calleja Crespo EC DG ENTR, EU (2012)

Matthew BaldwinEC DG MOVE, EU (2012)

Gilbert Amato EUROCAE, France (2005)

Doug Davis FAA, USA (2006)

Jeff BauerNASA-DFRC,USA (2006)

Geoff BowkerCAA-DAP, UK (2007)

Leslie CaryICAO (2009)

Jim ChristnerAAI Corp., USA (2009)

André ClotEuroUSC, UK (2010)

Filippo De Florio ENAC (rtd), Italy (2008)

award winners - 2003-2015

Jim CoyneCASA, Australia (2011)

Cdt Régis BrigaudDGA-CEV, France (2005)

Carmine CifaldiENAC, Italy (2013)

Erika BillenCAA, Belgium (2013)

award winners - 2016

Carine DonzelDGAC, France

Chairman of the National Council for Civil Drones

Alain SiebertSESAR Joint Undertaking

Leader of the SESAR RPAS Outlook Study

Hao Liu

National ResearchCentre of ATM Law &

Standards, China

Matthijs van MiltenburgEuropean Parliament

Shadow Rapporteur on the Civil Use of Drones

Ted WierzbanowskiASTM, USA

Chairman of Committee F38 on UAS

Uvs international awards

In 2003 UVS International instigated the Catherine Fargeon Award. This award, which carries the name of the first person who received it in 2003, namely Dr Catherine Fargeon, French Ministry of Defence, Conseil Général de l’Armement (MoD think tank), is presented to persons in recognition of their personal commitment & contribution to promoting the insertion of remotely piloted aircraft into non-segregated airspace and/or the general promotion of the future use of remotely piloted aircraft systems.

The international RPAS community thanks them for their implications.



MajGen. Carlo MagrassiEDA, EU (2010)

Gérard MardinéSagem, France (2008)

Douglas MarshallUni. N. Dakota, USA (2009)

Claude MasDGAC, France (2011)

Mike LissoneEurocontrol, Belgium (2011)

Gerhard LippitschAustrocontrol, Austria (2008)

Serge LebourgDassault, France (2006)

Xiaogong LeeFAA-R&T, USA (2011)

Jean-Pierre LentzEC DG TREN, EU (2013)

Siim KallasEC, EU (2014)

Taro KuusiholmaTraFi, Finland (2014)

Zdravko KolevFRONTEX, EU (2010)

Alex HendriksEurocontrol, Belgium (2005)

Denis KoehlSESAR JU, EU

David HaddonEASA, EU (2011)

Vince GalottiICAO (2005)

Roland Decuypere RMA, Belgium (2007)

Dr Catherine Fargeon MoD-CGArm, France (2003)

Gilles Fartek EC DG TREN, EU (2009)

Ken GeiselhartLockheed Martin, USA (2009)

Ian GlennING, Canada (2008)

Cdt Christophe GyrDGA-CEV, France (2006)

Koen de VosEC DG MOVE, EU (2014)

Markus FarnerFOCA, Switzerland (2014)

Nigel DunkerleyTransport Malta, Malta



Bernhard von BothmerUAV DACH, Germany (2012)

Malcolm WalkerCASA, Australia (2008)

Cliff WhittakerCAA, UK (2008)

Klaus WohlersRheinmetall, Germany (2006)

John S. WalkerJSWalker Group, USA (2006)

Filippo TomaselloEASA, EU (2011)

Luc TytgatEC DG MOVE, EU (2010)

Marcelo UrenaICAO, Peru (2012)

Ron van de LeijgraafCAA, Netherlands (2008)

Sam TwalaCAA, South Africa

WgCdr Mike StrongEurocontrol, Belgium (2007)

Giuliana TamburroENAC, Italy (2005)

Karen TarrTransport Canada (2008)

Holger MatthiesenEurocontrol, Belgium (2007)

Yves MorierEASA, EU (2005)

Ken MunsonJane’s IG, UK (2007)

Fred PeaseDoD-PBFA, USA (2007)

Nick SabatiniFAA, USA (2005)

Rune StorvoldNORUT, Norway (2010)

Martin StoussavljewitschEDA, EU (2010)

Umberto RossiEC DG MOVE, EU (2013)

Michael StandarSESAR, EU (2013)

José Maria Ramirez CirizaAESA, Spain


2016 Uvs international Board of directors

André ClotEuroUSC n

United KingdomDirector

(1st year - 2nd mandate)

Horst Schmidt-BischoffshausenSTIC Consulting p

GermanySecretary

(1st year - 3rd mandate)

Joost de RuiterHighEye p

NetherlandsDirector


Taro KuusiholmaSharper Shape n

FinlandDirector

(1st year - 1st mandate)

Nick MillerThales Aerospace µ

United KingdomObserver

(1st year - 7th mandate)

Jon ResnickDJI Innovations µ

ChinaDirector


Peter van BlyenburghBlyenburgh & Co p

France President & Treasurer(1st year - 10th mandate)

Rasmus LundqvistCybAero n

SwedenDirector


executive committee

non-executive Members - corporate

Peter La FranchiLFRG Pty Ltd p

AustraliaDirector


RAdm (rtd) Chris AmesGeneral Atomics µ

USADirector


Jean FournierGlobal Aerospace µ

FranceDirector


Peter CosynTrimble Group µ

USADirector


Samuel DéprazSenseFly nSwitzerlandObserver

(2nd year - 1st mandate)

Tracy LambSGS µ

United KingdomObserver


Oliver HeinrichBHO Legal p

GermanyDirector


Rachel FinnTrilateral Research p

United KingdomDirector


Anne-Marie HautePilgrim Technology p

FranceDirector


Nikolas NyrothBlack Light Aircraft p

SwedenDirector


Jürgen VerstaenUniFly pBelgiumDirector


Joaquin Rodriguez GrauFADA-CATEC t

SpainObserver


p = Micro Company/Start-Up < 10 employees Turnover: < Euro 2 million 7 Board Membersn = SME/SMI < 250 employees Turnover: <Euro 50 million 4 Board Membersµ = Industry > 250 employees Turnover: >Euro 50 million 6 Board Memberst = Non-Corporate Research Org. 1 Board Member

28 Countries on 5 ContinentsRepresented on the Board of Directors

Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Botswana * Canada China Colombia Finland France Germany Hong KongIreland Italy (2 ass.) JapanLatvia Namibia * Netherlands Norway Peru RomaniaSouth Africa * South Korea SpainSweden Switzerland UK (2 ass.) USA* : Grouped with South Africa


international rPas coordination council - non-executive non-corporate Members

Raoul FortnerAAI-UAS Group

Austria(2st year - 2nd mandate)

Patrick MascartBeUAS

Belgium(1st year - 1st mandate)

Stéphane MorelliFPDC

France(1nd year - 1st mandate)

Michele FazioASSORPAS

Italy(1st year - 1st mandate)

Dan Isdahl-EnghUAS Norway

Norway(1st year - 1st mandate)

Bernhard von BothmerUAV-DACHGermany


Craig LippettARPAS

United Kingdom(1st year - 1st mandate)

Manuel OnateAERPAS

Spain(1st year - 2nd mandate)

Robert van NieuwlandDARPAS

The Netherlands(1st year - 3rd mandate)

Joe UrliACUO

Australia(1st year - 2nd mandate)

Dean PolleyCUAASA

South Africa(1st year - 1st mandate)

Florin NedelcutUVS Romania

Romania(1st year - 2nd mandate)

Sonia HigginsUnmanned Systems

Canada(1st year - 1st mandate)

Gary ClaytonUAVS

United Kingdom(2nd year - 1st mandate)

Ueli SagerSFCD

Switzerland(1st year - 1st mandate)

Hector Luis VargasARPASA

Argentina(2nd year - 1st mandate)

Juhani KangasniemiRPAS Finland

Finland(2nd year - 1st mandate)

John WrightUAAI

Ireland(1st year - 1st mandate)

Juan BergelundAPEVANT

Peru(2nd year - 1st mandate)

Edgar QuinteroARTC

Colombia(2nd year - 1st mandate)

BaiYuan-SunAUVSCChina

(2nd year - 1st mandate)

Johan LindqvistUAS Sweden

Sweden(1st year - 1st mandate)

Ilmars OzolsLARPASLatvia


Elton LuiARPAS-HKHong Kong


Prof. Shinji SuzukiJUIDAJapan


Kwanmin-ParkKDA

South Korea(1st year - 1st mandate)

Massimiliano SpotoFIAPRItaly



UVS INTERNATIONAL & ITS INTERNATIONAL RPAS COORDINATION COUNCIL

THE FEDERATION OF THE GLOBAL RPAS COMMUNITY

REPRESENTING OVER 3600 COMPANIES & ORGANISATIONS IN 44 COUNTRIES

www.fiapr.it

ITALY

AUSTRIA

https://www.aaig.at

BELGIUM

www.beuas.be

FRANCE

www.federation-drone.org

www.assorpas.it

NORWAY

www.uasnorway.no

GERMANY

www.uavdach.org

AUSTRALIA

www.acuo.org.au

SOUTHERN AFRICA

www.cuaasa.org

ROMANIA

https://www.uvsr.org

UNITED KINGDOM

SPAIN

www.aerpas.es

CANADA

www.unmannedsystems.ca

http://arpas.uk www.uavs.org

SWITZERLAND

ITALY

www.civil-drones.ch

ARGENTINA

www.arpasa.com.ar

UNITED KINGDOM

FINLAND

www.rpas.fi

IRELAND

www.uaai.ie

CHINA COLOMBIA

PERU

www.artccolombia.org

www.apevant.org

www.auvsc.com

SWEDEN

HONG KONG

THE NETHERLANDS

www.darpas.nl

www.uassweden.org

www.arpashk.com

LATVIA

www.larpas.lv

JAPAN

www.uas-japan.org

SOUTH KOREA

www.kdaa.org

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