Analysts Doubt FAA Can
Meet Unmanned Aircraft Obligations
LAS VEGAS - The Federal Aviation
Administration must be able to fully integrate unmanned aerial systems in the
national airspace by 2015. Four analysts whose job it is to prognosticate the
future of the UAS market don't believe that deadline will be met.
The acting administrator said in
a keynote speech at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International
conference that he was confident that the FAA will meet its obligations.
"I am very optimistic that we
will get there," FAA Acting Administrator Michael Huerta said. Congress earlier
this year mandated in the agency's reauthorization legislation that small
unmanned aircraft, up to 55 pounds, be fully integrated into national airspace
by 2014 and the larger versions by 2015. "Rest assured that the FAA will fulfill
its statutory obligations to integrate unmanned aircraft systems," he added.
Siste: Dette er sikkert OK for de som skal ta bilde av huset sitt, men neppe noe særlig fremskritt for kommersielle operatører.
No Surprises Likely for Small Unmanned Aircraft RuleThe draft FAA rule that will provide a regulatory framework for operating small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) of about 55 pounds or less in unrestricted airspace will likely limit those aircraft to flying 400 feet agl or below, within visual line of sight of an observer on the ground and during day VMC. The “sense-and-avoid” aspect of keeping safe separation from other aircraft will be provided by a ground observer, said Ted Wierzbanowski, chairman of ASTM International Committee F38, which is developing UAS standards under an agreement with the FAA. Wierzbanowski, who spoke on August 7 at the Unmanned Systems North America conference in Las Vegas, said he has not seen the proposed rule that the FAA is promulgating. But the agency’s notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) is expected to closely follow the 2009 recommendations of a small UAS rulemaking committee that Wierzbanowski co-chaired. The expected release of the NPRM by year-end is running about a year later than planned, a delay that has put off the issuance of a final rule until 2014.
Siste: Dette er sikkert OK for de som skal ta bilde av huset sitt, men neppe noe særlig fremskritt for kommersielle operatører.
No Surprises Likely for Small Unmanned Aircraft RuleThe draft FAA rule that will provide a regulatory framework for operating small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) of about 55 pounds or less in unrestricted airspace will likely limit those aircraft to flying 400 feet agl or below, within visual line of sight of an observer on the ground and during day VMC. The “sense-and-avoid” aspect of keeping safe separation from other aircraft will be provided by a ground observer, said Ted Wierzbanowski, chairman of ASTM International Committee F38, which is developing UAS standards under an agreement with the FAA. Wierzbanowski, who spoke on August 7 at the Unmanned Systems North America conference in Las Vegas, said he has not seen the proposed rule that the FAA is promulgating. But the agency’s notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) is expected to closely follow the 2009 recommendations of a small UAS rulemaking committee that Wierzbanowski co-chaired. The expected release of the NPRM by year-end is running about a year later than planned, a delay that has put off the issuance of a final rule until 2014.
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