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Book SynopsisUAS Integration into Civil Airspace: Policy, Regulations and Strategy Douglas M Marshall, TrueNorth Consulting LLC.
Trade ReviewThe book is an excellent historical resource for anyone who wants to know how the current regulations and policies came to pass. And possibly also why we don’t have other rules enabling the industry. I believe that anyone in the commercial drone business and those in or contemplating Advanced Air Mobility and Urban Air Mobility (AAM/UAM) would benefit from reading this book. After reading, you will have an educated understanding of the future you are embarking on. --Patrick Egan, sUAS News
The book is easy to read, refreshingly so for such a complex subject and is accessible to all readers, even without a detailed technical knowledge. It is a useful reference for everyone in the industry, including regulators who will inevitably determine the pace of adoption of UAS in civil airspace. Most of the world’s aviation authorities, service providers and regulators have engaged in intense efforts since the early 2000s to establish methods and safety protocols to integrate UAS into complex and increasingly busy controlled and uncontrolled airspace. This book provides an excellent oversight of international progress, along with ICAO’s oversight and direction of co-ordinating rules and, in my view is the ‘go-to’ book for UAS operations and by far the best introduction on the subject available to date. --Richard Deakin, FRAeS, AEROSPACE
Table of ContentsPreface xi
Aerospace Series Preface xvii
Acknowledgements xix
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations xxi
1 Background 1
Introduction 1
Setting the Stage for Integration of Remotely Piloted Aircraft into Non-segregated Airspace 2
The Law of the Sea and the Law of the Air 2
A Brief History of Aviation Regulations 3
International Civil Aviation Regulations 4
The Chicago Convention and the International Civil Aviation Organization 6
Conclusion 9
References 9
2 UAS Airspace Integration in the European Union 11
Regulations, Opinions, Decisions 11
Implementing Organizations 39
Eurocontrol 60
Conclusion 66
References 66
3 ICAO 69
ICAO Model UAS Regulations 69
Advisory Circulars 70
DRAFT Canada AC 922-001, RPAS Safety Assurance 71
UTM Guidance 71
ICAO RPAS Concept of Operations 75
ICAO U-AID Guidance 80
The ICAO UAS Toolkit 81
RPAS Manual (Doc.) 10019 1st Edition 82
Conclusion 86
References 86
4 UAS Airspace Integration in the United States 87
The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (Hereafter FMRA), Public Law 112-95, Title III – Safety, Subtitle B – Unmanned Aircraft Systems 88
The FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 Title II, Subtitle B-UAS Safety (Pub. L. 114-190) 91
The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-254) 92
The Response from the FAA and NASA 96
Status of UTM Today 104
UTM Vision 104
Participation 109
Performance Authorizations 109
Airspace Authorization 110
Recent Developments in UAM/AAM 110
Conclusion 111
References 111
5 Global Airspace Integration Activities 113
Australia 113
Brazil 115
Canada 116
China 117
France 119
Germany 120
Ireland 121
Italy 122
Japan 123
Mexico 124
Netherlands 124
New Zealand 125
Norway 125
Singapore 126
South Africa 127
Sweden 128
United Kingdom 129
Conclusion 130
References 131
6 The Role of Standards 133
Conclusion 141
References 142
7 The Technology 143
Conclusion 150
References 152
8 Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience 153
Describing the Threat 155
ICAO 157
IATF 157
Global Resilient Aviation Network Concept of Operations – Trust Framework 162
ICAO Council and Assembly Documents 166
Declaration on Cybersecurity in Civil Aviation (Dubai, 2017) 166
Conclusion 172
References 173
Index 175
