The Secretary General of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Dr. Fang Liu, affirm the need for responsive regulatory frameworks to support the safe integration of unmanned air traffic innovations into the global aviation network. She made the remark at the conclusion of the UN aviation agency’s “Unmanned Aviation Week” series of events. Acknowledging the new opportunities that this transformation offers, Dr. Liu recognized the safety and related risks they pose to legacy aircraft and operations, including the populations on the ground. “ICAO’s Member States anticipated these challenges when they mandated ICAO to develop new guidance for what are essentially domestic operations,” she underscored. “The UAS traffic management (UTM) concept which ICAO is now developing seeks to meet this challenge, head on,” she confirmed.

Source: News Business Ethiopia September 20, 2018 07:52 UTC