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1. Definitions and categories
1.1 Definitions
The word "drone" comes from the English term for the male bee or "drone". Although this is the generic name known to the general public, specialist literature prefers different, more precise terms.
The acronym UAV, mostly used in American literature, comes from the term Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and designates, as its name suggests, an unmanned aircraft . The acronym UAS (Unmanned Aerial System), which is also widely used, refers to the entire – aircraft system, as well as the control and communications equipment – used to fly an...
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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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