On November 22, the official publication by EASA of the Declaration of Helsinki of Drones took place in Helsinki.
The Declaration of Drones of Helsinki arises from the following three premises, trying to promote and regulate the safe and efficient operation of drones in European airspace:
- The progress made in the definition of the regulatory framework and the commitment of the European Parliament and the Presidency of the Council, so that before the end of 2017 a political agreement is reached on high-level requirements for drones.
- The ongoing EASA consultation process on the requirements for the operation of RPAS or drones in the open and specific categories using integrated risk management.
- the timetable for the definition and entry into force of U-Space and the update of the air traffic management master plan (ATM) by SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research), a joint project of the European air transport community whose The objective is the implantation in 2020 of a high performance European ATM network.
- The launch of the first U-Space and urban air mobility projects with EU funding.
In this link you can see the peculiarities of the U-Space system:
https://youtu.be/XuwZR0lUeu8
The conclusions of the Declaration of Helsinki are clear, once confirmed the commitment by all parties involved to open drone services in the European Union by 2019 working in parallel and with a cooperation based on three pillars:
1. The legal requirements for drones and drone operations, for safe and effective use
of airspace, and for the delivery of profitable and efficient U-Space services.
2. Greater investment in demonstrators that systematically help to open services in the drone market, as well as longer-term R & D projects that will be designed for greater autonomy and denser aircraft traffic.
3. An effective standards-setting process that adapts to digital technologies, rapidly evolving in all sectors, and that uses and adapts existing standards.
The need for citizen protection based on safety (security and security), privacy and the environment is underlined.
This is very good news for the sector, which is waiting for a national regulation that can foreseeably enter into force before the end of 2018 (according to the Minister of Development indicated in the Congress of Deputies), allows us to dream of spaces shared airplanes for all airspace users, whether piloted or remotely controlled aircraft.
https://youtu.be/XuwZR0lUeu8
