ICAO ASKED TO HELP DEVELOP DOMESTIC REGULATION FOR DRONES
September 1st, 2016
THE INTERNATIONAL Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is helping its member states design safe operation rules for drones, even though many such aircraft and their systems operate domestically and are hence beyond ICAO’s usual cross-border remit.
“States are saying we all need help and want this to be harmonised,” said Leslie Cary, the ICAO air navigation bureau’s remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) programme manager.
Speaking at ICAO’s Montréal, Canada, headquarters, she stressed that ICAO was also working on its traditional areas of controls ...
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