2. Civil and commercial uses
With a wide range of characteristics in terms of size, load capacity, endurance and maneuverability, UAVs can be equipped with all kinds of sensors (LIDAR, sound level meter, thermal camera, etc.) and are therefore used in a wide variety of situations, particularly in hostile environments or for so-called "Dull Dirty Dangerous" missions.
The most emblematic use is probably parcel delivery, as announced by American giant Amazon . Although this project seems to be coming to fruition, and cargo drones are being tested to deliver medicines to remote areas, the most frequent civilian applications are in the fields of surveillance, photography, information...
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Bibliography
- (1) - Global Air Traffic Management Operational concept (Doc 9854, p. B-6) - Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). An unmanned aerial vehicle is a pilotless aircraft, in the sense of Article 8 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, which is flown without a pilot-in-command on-board and is either remotely and fully controlled from another place (ground,...
Websites
Ministry of Sustainable Development (France) : http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr
Direction générale du transport aérien (Belgium) : http://mobilit.belgium.be/fr/transport_aerien/drones
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Regulations
Europe :
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 923/2012 of September 26, 2012 laying down common rules of the air and operational provisions relating to air navigation services and procedures and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 1035/2011, as well as Regulations (EC) No. 1265/2007, (EC) No. 1794/2006, (EC) No. 730/2006, (EC) No. 1033/2006 and (EU) No. 255/2010.
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