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Colonel Gilles Randreau was the officer in charge of UAS programmes in the Army staff, from 2008 to 2011. In 2011, he became the commanding officer of the 61st Artillery Regiment. Deployed in Afghanistan since 2008, the French Sperwer tactical UAS have been performing a wide panel of missions, from
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Bjoern Symank is a former German Army Aviation Captain who entered service in 1997 and went through several operational deployments as a transport helicopter pilot. During that time he also realised several software projects for the Armed Forces. In 2008, he learned the peculiarities of the German procurement system as
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Flying Robots debuted the FR102+ at the RPAS 2012 Conference currently being held in Paris. Since 2004, Flying Robots SAS France has developed a unique know-how on soft wing para-motors and UAS. The last development is the FR102, which integrates several aerial surveillance and satellite communication systems. Thanks to a
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Squadron Leader VS Srinivasan retired from the Flying(Pilot) branch of the Indian Air Force on 31st March 2010, after a challenging tenure of 11 years and 3 months.Born on 27th March 1976, Srinivasan is an alumnus of the prestigious National Defence Academy. His passion for flying saw him
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Peter La Franchi is the editor in chief and head of research at LFRG Pty Ltd, a newly established analysis firm focused on the defence, aerospace and remote sensing sectors. He has specific responsibility for a new international unman- ned systems business journal being launched in mid-2012. This paper is
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Dag Henning Paulsen is one of the founders of Prox Dynamics and is currently in charge of the company’s customer projects. Dag Henning was born in 1961 and grew up close to Oslo in Norway, is married and the father of four children. His background is from the Norwegian
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The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced a meeting of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Subcommittee of the Aeronautics Committee of the NASA Advisory Council. The meeting will be held for the purpose of soliciting, from the aeronautics community and other persons, research and technical information relevant
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UVS International’s RPAS 2012 Conference in Paris from June 5 – 7 opens this morning with the first presentation of the day given by Leslie Cary of ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization entitled: “ICAO UAS Study Group: Current Status & the Way Ahead”. Leslie Cary is a Technical Officer
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One of the highlights of UVS International’s RPAS 2012 Conference in Paris on June 5 – 7, will be on the second day, when the UK and French armies give a back-to-back presentation on “Operational Experience & Lessons Learned" in the deployment of UAS in Afghanistan. Colonel Gilles Randreau
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On the third day of UVS International’s RPAS 2012 Conference in Paris on June 5 – 7, Stephen May of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, USA will present his "Predator Aircraft Series Status Report: Military & Civilian Missions". Steve May is currently Manager of International Strategic Development for General
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The world is developing an insatiable demand for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and keeping up with it will present both a fiscal and data management challenge. That is one of the observations made by military leaders recently at the sixth annual UAS Action Summit in Grand Forks. The U.S.
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On the second day of UVS International’s RPAS 2012 Conference in Paris on June 5 – 7, Claude Mas, of the Direction Générale de l’aviation civile (DGAC) (National Aviation Authority), France, will present a paper on the new "French Regulatory Situation for Civil RPAS". Claude Mas graduated