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