Civil Unmanned Aircraft (Drones) and crises prevention: Airspace organization and legislation in EU, USA, and Lebanon

Volume : (13), Issue : 212, February - 2021

Abstract : The main objective of this study is to represent how the International/ national regulations and the organization of the airspace can prevent future crisis especially after the growing role of RPAS / UAV industry in a remarkable  way in both commercial and recreational markets. In this study we use the comparison method based on the concerns of Safety, security, spectrum, access to airspace, and regulatory considerations, especially in close proximity to aircraft and airports established by the EUASA (European Union Aviation Safety Agency) between the member states of the EU and others , the FAA air traffic policies and procedures of the operation of UAS in the USNAS (U.S. National Airspace System), and The DGCA who presents the Lebanese Aviation Regulations in  coordination with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). And after the analyses the results show that Managing the airspaces presented in this paper, appears to be a national task that depends on the culture of the nation, and an international responsibility to control and improve the system by a continuous risk analysis and risk assessment, in order to finalize an efficient model which, reduce the residual risk of operations of the new spreader technology to the minimum level. Hence we can say that the special laws concerning the UAS still an attempting of a cumulative understanding that present a part of the prevention. The implementation of risk assessment and risk analysis leads to improve the legislations. More after the importance lies in setting up a mechanism for implementing those laws and find the capabilities to control the airspace from any intentional or unintentional misuse.  

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