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The take-off of civil RPAS activities in France
MARCH 2015
How a pragmatic and progressive regulation services helped the rise
of a industry
Patrick GANDIL- DGAC
Civil RPAS industry and regulation
1. The RPAS sector and its growth
2. The French rulemaking process
3. Prevention of malicious acts
4. Research & development
SUMMARY
Civil RPAS industry THE SECTOR AND ITS GROWTH
A GROWING SECTOR… 2012 : 50 companies 2015 : 1 300 companies operating 2 250 RPAS / 3 000 jobs Turnover 2014 (professional RPAS) : 50 M€
…MAINLY DRIVEN BY SMALL AND MEDIUM COMPANIES… 45 manufacturers (4 offering fully self designed products) many start-ups with high level of innovation providing services and data more than aerial vehicles
…MAJOR COMPANIES CURRENTLY ADDRESSING THE R&D FIELD
Regulation of 2012 allowed the rise of the activity Objectives :
• Ensure safety of third parties on the ground and of other aircraft
• Allow the development of the industry
Methodology: ■ Risk-based innovative approach
■ Strong relation with stakeholders
■ Focus on the type of operations rather than on the vehicle
■ Progressive : do not regulate to anticipate every possible need
■ Open: allowing exemptions
■ Adaptive : ■ The next version expected mid 2015
■ On going work for new provisions concerning pilot training and competencies
The regulation THE RULEMAKING PROCESS AND OBJECTIVES
Rules for recreational usage, aerial work and experimentations Operations
forbidden in the vicinity of airports subject to prior authorizations in populated areas
Visual Line Of Sight VLOS
SCENARIO 1 Unpopulated area
< 25 kg < 150 m
SCENARIO 3 Populated area
Security perimeter
< 4 kg < 150 m
Beyond Visual Line Of Sight
BVLOS
SCENARIO 2 Unpopulated area
No third party on the surface
< 1 km < 25 kg < 50 m
SCENARIO 4 Unpopulated area
No distance limitation
< 2 kg < 150 m
The regulation SIMPLE PRINCIPLES
■ A structure created to foster the sector development
■ That brings together operators, manufacturers, multinational companies in aerospace and defence, main contractors (railway and energy companies) and regulators (civil and military)
■ In order to face the challenges and support the sector development
The regulation: preparing the future SUPPORTING THE INDUSTRY
National council for civil RPAS
Operations, regulation and
uses
Technology and safety
Support and promotion of the
industry
Security risks
Numerous eyewitnesses of illegal RPAS flights over cities or restricted areas : a large number of them were wrong testimonies
Yet, a real issue that has to be addressed and that mobilize the government services
Solutions to detect and destroy RPAS in case of malicious acts are necessary
Devices for identification must be assessed in terms of costs and benefits
Involve the industry (including SME) in the process
Promote responsible use of recreational RPAS - A pedagogic flyer is widely distributed in retail stores
SITUATION AND CHALLENGES
Security risks RESPONSIBLE USE OF RPAS
TEMPAERIS Project DGAC/DSNA, Airbus group, SOPRA STERIA, ENAC Real flights in Bordeaux in February 2015, with a
focus on management of fail modes. RPAS with a safety pilot on board
ATM human factors study (upcoming) Integration of small RPAS in airport environment
(upcoming)
ODREA project Rockwell Collins France, DGAC/DSNA, ENAC, SAGEM ENAC Fast time simulations Test Sense & avoid algorithms Real flights in automn 2014 in Toulouse
with an optronics detect an avoid system RPAS : Patroller SAGEM with a pilot on
board
Challenges FRENCH PARTICIPATION
OPERATIONAL DEMONSTRATION OF RPAS IN EUROPEAN AIRSPACE
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
ATM integration trials in France
RPAS operations in France
The French RPAS regulation
Worshop 3 Catherine Ronflé-Nadaud
(ENAC)
Worshop 6 Fabien Guillotin (DGAC)
Worshop 2 Muriel Preux (DGAC) &
Bastien Mancini (Delair Tech)
And for more information about prevention of malicious acts, please contact Colonel Francis Hubert (GTA)
Thank you