Sharing the Air: EU and US Efforts to Integrate Commercial Drones into Civilian Airspace

Aviation is undergoing a technological revolution, from the proliferation of drones of all sizes designed for commercial use to the promise of new, innovative, highly automated aircraft to transport passengers and cargo, including electric and vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. Government authorities are revising existing regulations and devising new ones to ensure that these new forms of flight can safely share the air with traditional airliners and smaller aircraft carrying people.How can air traffic management (ATM) be integrated with unmanned air traffic management (UTM)? What new aviation rules for drones are already in place? What new rules are just over the horizon?For answers, please join senior policymakers from U.S. and European aviation authorities, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, D.C. and the Wilson Center’s Science and Technology Innovation Program (STIP) for a public conversation.Register here.Introduction & ModeratorRichard WhittleGlobal Fellow;Independent author SpeakersJanusz JaniszewskiChief Executive Officer, Polish Air Navigation Services AgencyGraham WarwickExecutive Editor for Technology, Aviation Week & Space TechnologySabrina Saunders-HodgeActing Deputy Executive Director, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Office at Federal Aviation AdministrationMaria Algar RuizDrone Programme Manager, European Union Aviation Safety Agency

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Aviation is undergoing a technological revolution, from the proliferation of drones of all sizes designed for commercial use to the promise of new, innovative, highly automated aircraft to transport passengers and cargo, including electric and vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. Government authorities are revising existing regulations and devising new ones to ensure that these new forms of flight can safely share the air with traditional airliners and smaller aircraft carrying people.

How can air traffic management (ATM) be integrated with unmanned air traffic management (UTM)? What new aviation rules for drones are already in place? What new rules are just over the horizon?

For answers, please join senior policymakers from U.S. and European aviation authorities, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, D.C. and the Wilson Center’s Science and Technology Innovation Program (STIP) for a public conversation.

Register here.

Introduction & Moderator

Richard Whittle

Global Fellow;
Independent author
Richard Whittle
 
Speakers

Janusz Janiszewski

Chief Executive Officer, Polish Air Navigation Services Agency
Janusz Janiszewski

Graham Warwick

Executive Editor for Technology, Aviation Week & Space Technology
Graham Warwick

Sabrina Saunders-Hodge

Acting Deputy Executive Director, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Office at Federal Aviation Administration
Sabrina Saunders-Hodge

Maria Algar Ruiz

Drone Programme Manager, European Union Aviation Safety Agency
Maria Algar Ruiz