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MINISTRY OF DEFENCE Secretariat General of Defence and National Armaments Directorate
Directorate of Air Armaments and Airworthiness
24 SEP 2014 LT GEN. FRANCESCO LANGELLA
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SUMMARY
FUTURE CHALLENGES
RPAS EVOLUTION
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1939 HE 178 First Jet
1903 Wright Flyer
1946 Bell X-1 First supersonic
1973 Taridan Mastiff First RPAS
RPAS EVOLUTION
Air vehicles from LEONARDO DA VINCI to RPAS
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From simple Toys to military operational aircraft
Global Hawk
Strix C
RPAS EVOLUTION
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Toxic material detection
Scientific data collection
Aerial Photos
Surveillance
Package delivery
RPAS EVOLUTION
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Ambulance RPAS
In the future the number of applications where the RPAS can be used will grow more
Surveillance RPAS
RPAS EVOLUTION
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MUTUAL INTEREST IN COLLABORATION
FUTURE CHALLENGES
• Military Authiorities gained wide experience in the RPAS certification by producing a set of appropriate regulations
• Civil domain does not have yet consolidated rules
• Military Authorities can provide Civil Authories with their experience
• Common requirements can facilitate the insertion in the airspace for both RPAS
• Industry increases the safety level of RPAS based on new technologies (i.e. sense and avoid - MIDCAS)
IF
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Civil and Military Users
FUTURE CHALLENGES
• Immediate use of new systems every day more capable
• Reduction of any possible constraints
Laws/Public opinion
• Guarantee the public safety
• Diffidence towards «drones» either in civil and military world
Industry
• Satisfy customer requirements making business (also without aeronautical experience)
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• Give clear and unambiguous directions
• Harmonize civil and military certification processes and requirements as much as possible
• Avoid developing different military and civil systems fulfilling the same need
• Certification process not to be considered a limiting factor for the market
• Stimulate industry to find better solutions taking advantage of the technological progress.
FUTURE CHALLENGES
To Industry
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Drive public perception to understand that:
• Safety of the overflown third party is guaranteed • RPAS are not toys anymore • Even if they are very small in size, they have a very
high concentration of technology and high performance
• RPAS can be dangerous only if they are not properly managed
Balance requirements to the real hazard, defining new approaches as appropriate
FUTURE CHALLENGES
To public opinion
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Certification framework based on:
• Harmonised rules
• Clear processes
• Legal protection in case accidental damages
• Satisfaction at the maximum level of customer expectation
FUTURE CHALLENGES
To Civil and Military Users
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• Currently, in order to guarantee the safety of third
overflown party, we use: • Requirements based on system energy • Limitations on airspace and population density
of overflown areas
• The future challenge is to identify new means to assess risk on overflown population, more appropriate to RPAS specific characteristics
• The key factor of certification process improvement will be the capability to share the new methodologies in the MAWA community
FUTURE CHALLENGES
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CONCLUSIONS
• Maximize the benefit of a common regulatory framework in MAWA
• Improve collaboration between the MAWA community and EASA but keeping mutual independency
• Work together to define rules and process acceptable to both and applicable to all dual use applications.
For RPAS, Civil and Military should have a harmonized approach
Way ahead
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MINISTRY OF DEFENCE Secretariat General of Defence and National Armaments Directorate
Directorate of Air Armaments and Airworthiness
24 SEP 2014 LT GEN. FRANCESCO LANGELLA