The webinar provides an overview of ICAO's activities to support the safe development of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) into the aviation system, primarily for international IFR operations. Following foundational background on ICAO's mandate to address unmanned aviation ("Why is ICAO involved in RPAS"), the webinar will cover the development of ICAO Standards ("What ICAO is doing") and will provide a status on the ICAO work conducted by the RPAS Panel ("How ICAO is doing it").
Presenter: Frédéric Malaud, Technical Officer, Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) at ICAO.
The presentation will address the following:
- Update on uses and business models for unmanned aircraft;
- Aviation regulation applies to unmanned aircraft;
- Innovative nature of technologies, sometimes at odds with the existing regulatory framework: Which flight rules? Impact of automation on r...
