AIN Air Transport Perspective » August 13, 2012
The Boeing Insitu ScanEagle unmanned aircraft has an mtow of 44 pounds and service ceiling of 19,500 feet. (Photo: Boeing)
August 13, 2012, 1:40 PM
Industry and government executives involved in the development and regulation of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) offered airline pilots assurances that air vehicles piloted from the ground will be introduced safely and incrementally to the U.S. national airspace system (NAS). “We’re doing this in an organized and structured fashion,” said Richard Prosek, manager of flight technologies and procedures in the FAA’s UAS Integration Office.
Prosek served on a panel that focused on the impending arrival of unmanned aircraft in the NAS at the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) Air Safety Forum in Washington, D.C., on August 9. The discussion came as the FAA nears a decision on the locations of six test ranges for UASs as required by congressional legislation. The agency also expects to issue a proposed rule on operating small UASs of about 55 pounds or less by year-end. UASs currently can fly only in segregated airspace or with a certificate of authorization or special airworthiness certificate from the FAA.
Some Skeptical About Huerta’s UAV RemarksFAA Acting Administrator Michael Huerta offered a glimpse into the agency’s plans for integrating unmanned aerial vehicles into U.S. domestic airspace during the August 7 Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International in Las Vegas, but details about precisely how the FAA plans to make the integration of UAVs into domestic airspace work left some skeptics scratching their heads. Huerta said, “There is so much technological change happening in aviation right now that the FAA recognizes we need to change the way we do business. We need to work across agency departments to implement NextGen. And one of the most innovative aspects of NextGen is unmanned aircraft systems.” Huerta detailed the establishment of the agency’s new Unmanned Systems Integration Office in the safety office as the one-stop portal for all things UAV. “This office…[is] working on a rule to integrate small UAVs into our airspace,” he said.
Prosek served on a panel that focused on the impending arrival of unmanned aircraft in the NAS at the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) Air Safety Forum in Washington, D.C., on August 9. The discussion came as the FAA nears a decision on the locations of six test ranges for UASs as required by congressional legislation. The agency also expects to issue a proposed rule on operating small UASs of about 55 pounds or less by year-end. UASs currently can fly only in segregated airspace or with a certificate of authorization or special airworthiness certificate from the FAA.
Some Skeptical About Huerta’s UAV RemarksFAA Acting Administrator Michael Huerta offered a glimpse into the agency’s plans for integrating unmanned aerial vehicles into U.S. domestic airspace during the August 7 Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International in Las Vegas, but details about precisely how the FAA plans to make the integration of UAVs into domestic airspace work left some skeptics scratching their heads. Huerta said, “There is so much technological change happening in aviation right now that the FAA recognizes we need to change the way we do business. We need to work across agency departments to implement NextGen. And one of the most innovative aspects of NextGen is unmanned aircraft systems.” Huerta detailed the establishment of the agency’s new Unmanned Systems Integration Office in the safety office as the one-stop portal for all things UAV. “This office…[is] working on a rule to integrate small UAVs into our airspace,” he said.
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