Fly-n-Sense copyright May, 2014

Civil UAS activity in France

• Activity:   Design & manufacturing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles / End-to-end UAV solutions provider

 • Creation: 2008 / status of JEI

• Implantation: Technopole Bordeaux Technowest (Merignac – Bordeaux airport)

• Current Team: 11 Persons including 7 engineers in R&D

• Products: VTOL and Fixed Wings certified by the French regulator (DGAC)

• Services: Training, Prof. Services, Tech. Support, Maintenance

• Markets: Security, Industry, Environment

• Network: Clusters Drones AETOS and Aerospace Valley / DGAC UAV workgoup

COMPANY

PROFILE

Company profile

French Regulation Status

Story

Civil UAV regulation … the French story

• Start:   2010

• Process:   workgroup … selection of experts, manufacturers, operators (limited number)

• Schedule:   2 years discussions

• Text:   first draft 2010, second text 2011 … accepted end of 2011

• Document release:   legal texts in 2012Arrêté du 11 avril 2012 relatif à l'utilisation de l'espace aérienArrêté du 11avril 2012 relatif à la conception des aéronefs civils

• Evolution:  workgroup / 2 meetings per year objective => 2014 amendments

Summar

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DGAC regulation Summary

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DGAC scenario

Regulation Evolution

• Operator license:   new cursus for training theory

• Operation:   extended scenario

• Reporting:   better formalization and respect timing (annual report)

• Control:   extend and increase the rules application (enforce UAV control rule)

• Drone certification:   technical code definition /work in progress

• Promote: Professional cluster and Test range reference label

French references and numbers

FR Statistics

• Operators list:   ~ 530

• Manufacturers list:   ~ 30

• Professional UAV in operation for civil application :   > 2000

• Activity (declared)  :   every day …

• Regulation enforcement:  26 investigations since sept 201313 ended6 recall to the law5 fines4 confiscation2 prosecutions

• Official test range : CESA

French delegation

• Present at:  SUSB Expo and AUVSI

• Exhibitors:  manufacturers => FLY-N-SENSE, XAMENcluster = > AETOS institution =>  Région Aquitaine, Bordeaux Technowesttest range => CESA

French delegation

CONTACTBordeaux Airport

25, Rue Marcel Issartier - BP 2000533702 Merignac Cedex - FRANCE

Phone: +33 (0)5 35 54 00 97Fax: +33 (0)9 72 23 85 52

Email: contacty@fly-n-sense.com

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