2013 Edition of the RPAS Yearbook – 11th Annual Publication

Press

This publication has become the world’s leading RPAS reference publication and the only publication where international regulatory authorities and other relevant aviation stakeholders address the RPAS regulatory in detail.

In the attachment you will find the latest edition of the 2013 RPAS Yearbook Media Kit.

The 93 articles that will be published in this publication originate from:

– 21 International organisations & associations

– 19 European organisations & associations

– 53 National organisations & associations in 19 countries.

The detailed description of these articles can be found at the tail end of this email.

The articles are grouped in the following chapters:

a) Forewords

b) Stakeholder Organisations

International Organisations
European Organisations
National Authorities
National Organisations
Standards Organisations
Academia
Operator Communities: Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing & Geo-Informatics & US Survey Office

c) Country Reports (Belgium, China, India, Russian Fed.)

d) RPAS Operators & Operations

e) RPAS-Related Studies – European & National

f) RPAS-Related Matters of Relevance (Insurance; Powerline Inspection; Privacy; Patents)

g) European RPAS Roadmao

h) Global Access Initiative & Terminology

The reference of this publication section will contain the following:

i) RPAS Worldwide

Statistics: Graphs & Figures
RPAS In Production: Producers, product designation, basic specs/per country + photos
RPAS No Longer In Production: Producers, product designation, basic specs/per country + photos

j) Launchers

Producers, product designation, basic specs/per country + photos

k) Engines

Producers, product designation, basic specs/per country

l) Payloads

Imaging Payloads: Producers, product designation, basic specs/per country
Non-Imaging Payloads: Producers, product designation, basic specs/per country

m) Autopilots & Flight Control Systems

Producers, product designation, basic specs/per country

Once again, the RPAS Yearbook will be a unique community effort resulting in a substantial publication produced for the benefit of the worldwide RPAS community.

PS: The complete 2012 edition of the RPAS Yearbook is posted on both www.uvs-international.org & www.uvs-info.com

Cordial regards,

Peter van Blyenburgh

	2013 RPAS YEARBOOK – RPAS: THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE – ARTICLES – 5 February 2013

	FOREWORDS	COUNTRY	Signatory of the institutional article
01	International Civil Aviation Organization – ICAO	International	Roberto Kobeh Gonzalez, Council President
02	European Aviation Safety Agency – EASA	International	Patrick Goudou, General Director
03	European Civil Aviation Conference – ECAC	International	Salvatore Sciacchitano, Executive Secretary
04	European Commission – Directorate General Enterprise & Industry	Europe	Daniel Calleja, Director General
04	European Commission – Directorate General Mobility & Transport	Europe	Matthew Baldwin, Director Air Transport
05	EUROCONTROL	Europe	Frank Brenner, Director General
06	Federal Aviation Administration – FAA	USA	Peggy Gilligan, Assistant Administrator for Safety
07	SESAR Joint Undertaking – SJU	Europe	Patrick Ky, Executive Director
08	European Defence Agency – EDA	Europe	Claude-France Arnould, Chief Executive
09	Department of Defense – Policy Board on Federal Aviation	USA	Steve Pennington, Executive Director

	STAKEHOLDER ORGANISATIONS

	INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS & ASSOCIATIONS	COUNTRY	TITLE / TOPIC
10	Air Traffic Control Association – ATCA	International	Views on the Future
11	Arctic Council UAS Expert Group – AMAP	International	Arctic Atmospheric and Sea-Ice Sensing
12	Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation – CANSO	International	Views on the integration of RPAS into non-segregated airspace
13	International Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association – IAOPA	International	Considerations on the Insertion of RPAS into Non-Segregated Airspace
14	International Air Transport Association – IATA	International	Views & Concerns concerning RPAS
15	International Civil Aviation Organization – ICAO	International	The UAS Study Group
16	International Fed. of Airline Pilots associations – IFALPA	International	RPAS – IFALPA’s Views and Considerations
17	International Fed. of Air Traffic Controllers Associations – IFATCA	International	Remotely Piloted Aircraft and Air Traffic Control
18	Joint Authorities for Rulemaking on Unmanned Systems – JARUS	International	A coordinated international approach to Light RPAS certification
19	NATO Air Traffic Management Committee	International	NATO AGS Programme
20	NATO Joint Air Power Competence Centre (JAPCC)	International	Update on RPAS-Related Activities
21	NATO Science & Technology Org. (Collaboration Support Office)	International	RPAS-Related Research Activity Update
22	UVS International	International	Promoting International Cooperation
	EUROPEAN ORGANISATIONS	COUNTRY	TITLE / TOPIC
23	Eurocontrol	Europe	The European RPAS Integration Approach
24	European Aviation Safety Agency – EASA	Europe	European Regulatory Roadmap for RPAS
25	European Defence Agency – EDA	Europe	RPAS-related Activities & Views on the Future
26	European Space Agency – ESA	Europe	RPAS-related Activities
27	FRONTEX – European Agency for Border Security	Europe	RPAS for European Border Surveillance – The challenges of introducing RPAS technology in an operational context
	NATIONAL AUTHORITIES	COUNTRY	TITLE / TOPIC
28	Federal Aviation Administration, UAS Integration Office – FAA	USA	Update of the Integration of RPAS into the National Airspace System
29	German Ministry of Interior, Directorate General Federal Police	Germany	Trials for Future Applications
30	National Aeronautics and Space Administration – NASA	USA	NASA’s RPAS-Related Activities
31	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency – JAXA	Japan	RPAS Activities on RPAS
32	US DoT – Volpe National Transportation Systems Center	USA	Developing a safety case for providing CDTI to a RPAS pilot
	NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS	COUNTRY	TITLE / TOPIC
33	ABIMDE – VNT	Brazil	Introduction & Activity Update
34	Aerospace Industries Association – AIA	USA	RPAS-related Activities
35	ASSORPAS – National Association	Italy	Introduction & Activity Update
36	ASTech – Regional Aerospace Cluster	France	A French Regional Focus on RPAS
37	Australian Certified UAS Operators – ACUO	Australia	Commercial RPAS Operations
38	Australian UAS Academy – AUSA	Australia	Remote Pilot Training & Qualification
39	AVBS – Unmanned Systems Manufacturers Association	Czech Rep.	RPAS-related Activities
40	BeUAS – National Association	Belgium	Federating the Belgian RPAS Community
41	DARPAS – National Association	Netherlands	Introduction & Activity Update
42	DSAé – French Regulatory Organisation for State Aircraft	France	The French Regulatory Organisation for State Aircraft
43	Japan UAV Association – JUAV	Japan	RPAS Activity Update
44	Remote Control Aerial Photography Association – RCAPA	USA	Title to be decided
45	Royal Aeronautical Society – RAeS	UK	RPAS Specialist Group
46	UAS Norway – National Association	Norway	Activity Update
47	UAV DACH – National Association	Germany	Activity Update
48	UAVS – National Association	UK	Activity Update
49	UNITE – UAV National Industry Team	USA	Views on the current status of RPAS integration into the NAS
50	Unmanned Systems Canada – National Association	Canada	2012 Annual Summary
	STANDARDS & RELATED ORGANISATIONS	COUNTRY	TITLE / TOPIC
51	ASTM Committee F38 on Small RPAS	USA	ASTM International Committee F38 on UAS
52	EUROCAE Working Group 73 on UAS	Europe	Update on Standard Activities
53	EUROCAE Working Group 93 on Light RPAS	Europe	Update on Standard Activities
54	European Unmanned Systems Centre – EuroUSC	UK	Contributing to making commercial RPAS operations a reality
55	RTCA	USA	An evolving approach to RPAS standards
56	RTCA Special Committee 203 on UAS	USA	UAS Standards Development
57	SAE International	USA	Update on RPAS-Related Standards Activities
	ACADEMIA	COUNTRY	TITLE / TOPIC
58	Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation – ARCAA	Australia	Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation
59	Ecole Nationale de l’aviation civile – ENAC	France	RPAS-related Activities
60	IMAV 2013	International	International Micro RPAS Conference & Competition
61	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology – KIT	Germany	RPAS-related Activities
62	Linköping University	Sweden	RPAS-related Activities
63	Reuters Institute for Journalism, University of Oxford	UK	RPAS: Current & potential use by the media
64	Royal Military Academy – RMA	Belgium	RPAS-related Activities
65	University of Denver – UoD	USA	RPAS-related Activities
66	University of North Dakota – UND	USA	RPAS-related Activities
67	University Polytechnic of Madrid – UPM	Spain	RPAS-related Activities
	PHOTOGRAMMETRY & REMOTE SENSING & GEO-INFORMATICS	COUNTRY	TITLE / TOPIC
68	European Association of Remote Sensing Companies – EARSC	Europe	Geo-information & RPAS
69	European Spatial Data Research Network – EuroSDR	Europe	Relevance of RPAS for Geo-informatics (& national mapping agencies)
70	Institute for Photogrammetry – IfP, University of Stuttgart	Germany	RPAS & Photogrammetry
71	U.S. Geological Survey, USA	USA	Unlocking the Potential of RPAS for Geological Surveys

	COUNTRY REPORTS	COUNTRY	TITLE / TOPIC
72	Belgium – by BeUAS Association, Belgium	Belgium	The Belgian RPAS Community
73	India – by Defence Research & Development Org., India	India	Military RPAS Design & Development: Status & Strategy
74	China – by China International Media Group, China	China	The Chinese RPAS Community
75	Russian Fed. – by TsAGI (nat. aeronautical research org.), Russia	Russian Fed.	The Russian RPAS Community
	RPAS OPERATORS & OPERATIONS	COUNTRY	TITLE / TOPIC
76	UVS International	International	The RPAS Operators Community
77	UVS International	International	RPAS Operations Survey: Conclusions
78	UVS International	International	RPAS Aerial Work/Specialised Operations
	RPAS-RELATED STUDIES – European & National	COUNTRY	TITLE / TOPIC
79	Airbeam Consortium	Europe	Supporting disaster management
80	ASTRAEA II – National Aerospace Cluster	UK	Activity Update
81	Dutch Institute Of Worldclass Maintenance	Netherlands	The UAS-PiD Project
82	ICARUS Consortium	Europe	Supporting search & rescue
83	Interreg – 2 Seas Consortium	Europe	The 3i Project
84	MIDCAS Consortium	Europe	European Mid-Air Collision Avoidance Project – Final Update
85	NASA Dryden Flight Research Center	USA	NASA’s UAS NAS Access Project
86	ULTRA Consortium	Europe	RPAS in European Airspace
	RPAS-RELATED MATTERS OF RELEVANCE	COUNTRY	TITLE / TOPIC
87	Global Aerospace (international aviation insurance company)	Switzerland	RPAS Insurance
88	Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica – ITA	Brazil	RPAS for Power Line Inspection
89	LFRG Pty Ltd (specialised analysts/consultants)	Australia	RPAS and the Privacy Issue
90	Blyenburgh & Co	France	RPAS-Related Patents
	EUROPEAN RPAS ROADMAP	COUNTRY	TITLE / TOPIC
91	EC DG ENTR & EC DG MOVE + European RPAS Steering Group	Europe	The European RPAS Roadmap
	GLOBAL ACCESS INITIATIVE	COUNTRY	TITLE / TOPIC
92	Blyenburgh & Co	France	Terminology – Terms & Definitions
93	UVS International	International	The Global Access Initiative

Qnty	CONTRIBUTORS / RPAS STAKEHOLDER GROUPS
21	International Organisations & Associations
19	European Organisations & Associations
53	Organisations from 19 countries: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Rep., France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Russian Fed., Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA

93	Total number of contributors