European RPAS
Steering Group
First Meeting
6 July 2012
Agenda
Welcome and opening
1.Outcome of the UAS Panel Process
2.Objectives and description of the ERSG
3.Structure and main content of the Roadmap
4.Roadmap definition working arrangements.
5.Adoption of the Terms of Reference
6.Preliminary discussion on the Roadmap and contribution
from the ERSG members
AOB
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Outcome of the UAS Panel Process
2
Objectives and description of the ERSG
3
Structure and main content of the Roadmap
4
Roadmap definition working arrangements.
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The UAS Panel Process
• Consultation process made of 5 workshops
 Industry and Market (UVSI)
 Air space Insertion and Radio Frequencies (ECTL)
 Safety (EASA)
 Societal Dimension (Prof. Roma)
 R&D (EDA)
• Discussion Papers and Conclusions available at
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/aerospace/uas/index_en.htm
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Commission Staff Working Paper
• EC will issue a SWP
 Summarizing the conclusions of the UAS Panel Process
 Providing a common understanding on the issues at
stake and the actions needed
 To be issued in July
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Conclusions of the UAS Panel
• Great potential justifying EC support
 Active contribution from industry
 Important civil applications & market potential (jobs & growth)
• Barriers identified
 Air Traffic Insertion is urgent and complex
 Others like insurance, privacy, public acceptance
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Conclusions of the UAS Panel (2)
• Call for an initiative led by the European
Commission
 to reinforce coordination between all European actors,
 to identify a common roadmap toward a progressive
insertion,
 to "institutionalise" the process.
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Commission follow-up to UAS Panel
Setting-up a European RPAS Steering Group
ERSG
 to provide a framework to enhance the coordination
of the activities necessary
 to achieve the initial safe insertion of all type of RPAS into the
European air traffic progressively from 2016
 to contribute to the development of harmonized rules for all
RPAS in Europe, including for those with a take-off mass below
150kg currently falling under national competency.
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Outcome of the UAS Panel Process
2
Objectives and description of the ERSG
3
Structure and main content of the Roadmap
4
Roadmap definition working arrangements.
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Objective of the ERSG
"Foster the development of civil RPAS by planning and coordinating all the
activities necessary to achieve the initial safe insertion of RPAS into the
European air traffic by 2016" (ToR p2)
Objective to be achieved by
 Identifying all the activities to be performed to reach the
objective
 Coordinating
the activities and
stakeholders in the most efficient way
contributions
of
all
 Monitoring the progress towards the objective
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ERSG working method (1)
"The ERSG will be responsible for developing and monitoring the
implementation of a comprehensive Roadmap setting the milestones, the
distribution of tasks among the stakeholders and the timing for the insertion of
RPAS in the European airspace" (ToR p2)
The Roadmap will be the main tool of the ERSG:
 The ERSG will adopt the Roadmap and its periodical updates.
 Doing so, each organisation will commit his organisation to the
tasks agreed in the Roadmap.
 The ERSG will also be the place where to solve any potential
issue concerning the definition and implementation of the
Roadmap.
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ERSG working method (2)
"The ERSG will be responsible for developing and monitoring the
implementation of a comprehensive Roadmap setting the milestones, the
distribution of tasks among the stakeholders and the timing for the insertion of
RPAS in the European airspace" (ToR p2)
The ERSG will set-up appropriate working arrangements to
 establish and update periodically the Roadmap;
 ensure a proper monitoring of the work linked to its
implementation.
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Condition for success
"The success of this initiative will heavily depend on the commitment of all
organisations and industries involved, to cooperate in achieving the objectives
set by the ERSG and their willingness to contribute with own resources and
technical expertise to the work necessary to reach RPAS ATI" within the
agreed timeline (ToR p2)
Commitment of each member to
 contribute to the work with own resources and expertise
 coordinate its activities with the others
 comply with the agreed decisions adopted in the roadmap
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Membership of the ERSG
"The European RPAS Steering Group is composed of organisations/groups
representing the main European stakeholders involved in RPAS, experts in the
area and the relevant Commission services. (ToR p3)
 Coordination process based on the good-will and trust of
participants (cfr "Open Method of Coordination")
 Need to involve representatives of the main organisations
involved in the work (regulatory, research, etc) to be
performed to achieve RPAS ATI
 Open to additional participation if deemed necessary
(research centres?)
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Additional objectives
 The ERSG could have additional objectives if found
useful, like
 maintaining an overall coordination with international bodies like
FAA
 ????
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1
Outcome of the UAS Panel Process
2
Objectives and description of the ERSG
3
Structure and main content of the Roadmap
4
Roadmap definition working arrangements.
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Structure of the Roadmap (1)
One Roadmap with 3 areas of activities wellcoordinated
 Regulatory
 Research and development
 Complementary measures
 Liability / insurance
 Privacy/ data protection
 Public perception
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Structure of the Roadmap (2)
… and 2 level of details
 an overall vision
 Providing a complete high level planning tool, towards full insertion
of all type of RPAS
 Setting priorities and intermediate milestones
 Identifying quick wins
 Missing in Europe until now
 A detailed rolling work plan for each of the 3 areas
 Allowing close coordination of all activities
 Over the next 2/3 years
 To be updated on a yearly basis
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Content of the Roadmap (1)
The Regulatory work plan should include
 A detailed planning of all the regulatory deliverables
to be developed with the contribution of the relevant
stakeholders (Eurocontrol, EUROCAE, JARUS) under
EASA's leadership
 Including all activities needed to
 put in place common rules for RPAS > 150 kg and
 Make available harmonized rules for RPAS < 150 kg
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Content of the Roadmap (2)
The R&D work plan should include
 A detailed technology development plan coordinated
with the regulatory work
 Proposals on the required instruments to implement
the R&D effort
 In order to assess the possibility to support some of
this work through the Horizon 2020, EC needs
 by September ? : a clear indication concerning the preferred R&D
instrument (stand-alone JTI, SESAR extension, open calls, etc)
 by October ? a first priority list of technology developments?
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Content of the Roadmap (3)
The work plan on complementary measures
 Should analyse and provide recommendations on issues
linked to
 Liability / insurance
 Privacy : data protection
 Should propose measures to increase public acceptance
of RPAS
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Deadlines
The following deadlines are proposed:
 A first issue of the Roadmap should be available by end
of the year
 A more detailed version developed in the course of
2013
 Then the roadmap should be updated on a yearly
basis.
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1
Outcome of the UAS Panel Process
2
Objectives and description of the ERSG
3
Structure and main content of the Roadmap
4
Roadmap preparation
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Basic principles
The following rules drive the preparation of
the Roadmap
 Every ERSG member is free to contribute to each of
the 3 areas of the Roadmap
 Each ERSG member is expected to contribute in areas
where he has prominent competency
 Inputs from other sources may also be included when
relevant (research centres, ULTRA project)
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Working arangements
• Proposed working arrangements
 The ERSG will appoint 3 rapporteurs (1 per area)
 The ERSG members are invited to nominate experts
from their organisation in any of the 3 area to work with
the rapporteur
 Rapporteurs will deliver the draft roadmap to an
Integration Team (EC + Rapporteurs)
 The Integration Team will
 ensure completeness and coordination of the roadmap
 deliver it to the ERSG for adoption
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Board
ERSG
Deputy – Director Director
General ENTR MOVE
ECAC JARUS SESAR ASD
ESA
EDA
ECTL
EASA
RTD
UVSI ad-hoc EUROCAE
expert
Working Level
Roadmap Integration Team
ENTR D4
MOVE E2
MOVE E3
R
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A
D
M
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P
RTD H3
Raporteur
Raporteur
Raporteur
Experts
(Regulation & RF)
Experts
(R&D)
Experts
(Complementary
measures)
Other services
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Nominations (1)
• Proposed Rapporteurs
 Regulatory
 EASA: Filippo Tomasello
 R&D
 SESAR JU: Michael Standar
 Complementary measures
 Professor Alfredo Roma
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Nominations (2)
• Members of the Working Groups
 Each members of the ERSG are invited to nominate
experts to at least one WG.
 The coordinates of the nominated experts should be sent
at ENTR-UAS@ec.europa.eu before 18 July.
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