New Mexico State will be playing host to the 2010 UAS TAACConference.http://psl.nmsu.edu/uav/conferences/2010/index.phpAt the TAAC's 12th annual conference, we again anticipate speakers and attendees from many federal agencies (DoD, NASA, DHS, NOAA, BLM, USGS), aviation user groups such as AOPA, AIA, universities, and private industry. The TAAC conference offers an eclectic composition of attendees and topics, presented in both classified and open venues.
If you have $300 to spare you might want to goto this webinar as well
Moderator:
Ramon Lopez
Editor-in-Chief,
Air Safety Week
Thursday, November 18, 2010
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. (ET)
This webinar will take a close look at where we stand in developing the first regulation written specifically for unmanned aircraft operations in the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS).
According to Stephen A. Glowacki, the Small UAS (sUAS) Special Federal Aviation Rule (SFAR) Part 107 Lead in the Federal Aviation Administration’s Unmanned Aircraft Program Office, allowing sUAS to fly in the NAS alongside manned aircraft is “a conservative first step” toward unfettered operations of all unmanned aircraft in skies over the United States.
Prior to any such sUAS operations, the FAA will require operators to comply with rules and standards to ensure the safety of other airspace users as well as persons and property on the ground.
The FAA considers Small UAS as 55 pound or less drones that are operated daylight visual line-of-sight by ground-based pilots under visual flight rule (VFR) conditions. SUAS will be limited to low altitudes and prohibited from operating over people and inhabited structures. They will also need to comply with air traffic control instructions.
Work on the sUAS rule began in August 2009. Interested parties should see the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the sUAS SFAR Part 107 early next year and the final rule in early 2013. That may seem tedious, but Glowacki said “FAA rulemaking averages 7-8 years, and we’re trying to do this in five years. That’s a very aggressive schedule.”
Glowacki says the sUAS SFAR Part 107 will “enable the widest range of activity that can be safely conducted within the shortest rulemaking timeframe.” The new federal aviation
regulation will enable routine public, civil and commercial sUAS operations and sUAS makers will be able to mature their equipment toward certifiable standards.
This webinar will examine how the FAA is working to allow unmanned aircraft to safely operate in the NAS for compensation or hire. The goal is for routine commercial access to the NAS for sUAS within the next 18 to 24 months.
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Moderator:
Ramon Lopez
Editor-in-Chief,
Air Safety Week
Thursday, November 18, 2010
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. (ET)
This webinar will take a close look at where we stand in developing the first regulation written specifically for unmanned aircraft operations in the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS).
According to Stephen A. Glowacki, the Small UAS (sUAS) Special Federal Aviation Rule (SFAR) Part 107 Lead in the Federal Aviation Administration’s Unmanned Aircraft Program Office, allowing sUAS to fly in the NAS alongside manned aircraft is “a conservative first step” toward unfettered operations of all unmanned aircraft in skies over the United States.
Prior to any such sUAS operations, the FAA will require operators to comply with rules and standards to ensure the safety of other airspace users as well as persons and property on the ground.
The FAA considers Small UAS as 55 pound or less drones that are operated daylight visual line-of-sight by ground-based pilots under visual flight rule (VFR) conditions. SUAS will be limited to low altitudes and prohibited from operating over people and inhabited structures. They will also need to comply with air traffic control instructions.
Work on the sUAS rule began in August 2009. Interested parties should see the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the sUAS SFAR Part 107 early next year and the final rule in early 2013. That may seem tedious, but Glowacki said “FAA rulemaking averages 7-8 years, and we’re trying to do this in five years. That’s a very aggressive schedule.”
Glowacki says the sUAS SFAR Part 107 will “enable the widest range of activity that can be safely conducted within the shortest rulemaking timeframe.” The new federal aviation
regulation will enable routine public, civil and commercial sUAS operations and sUAS makers will be able to mature their equipment toward certifiable standards.
This webinar will examine how the FAA is working to allow unmanned aircraft to safely operate in the NAS for compensation or hire. The goal is for routine commercial access to the NAS for sUAS within the next 18 to 24 months.