Eurocontrol: Specifications for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Eurocontrol has published air traffic management (ATM) specifications that set out how military unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) should fly in European airspace.

When military UAVs operate outside specifically designated areas they are subject to numerous restrictions to ensure the safety of other airspace users.

However these restrictions are preventing the full use of UAVs’ unique operational capabilities. In 2003, a pan-European high-level military conference asked Eurocontrol to develop an ATM framework that would allow UAVs to operate in all classes of airspace and across national borders.

Following a safety assurance process and public consultation, it as now published Specifications for Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles as Operational Air Traffic Outside Segregated Airspace. They ensure that UAV operations will be carried out with the same level of safety as for manned aircraft.

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