UNMANNED AIRCRAFT VEHICLE (UAV) IN THE ROMANIAN AIRSPACE. AN OVERVIEW

• Main Authors: Vasile PRISACARIU, Ionică CÎRCIU, Andrei LUCHIAN
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Regional Department of Defense Resources Management Studies 2014-04-01
• Series: Journal of Defense Resources Management
• Subjects: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles; Air Missions; UAV Legislation
• Online Access: http://journal.dresmara.ro/issues/volume5_issue1/16_prisacariu_circiu_luchian.pdf

For the last decade the unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV) field has evolved in terms of the sub-branches established in the aerospace industry. At national level the UAV market is still in its infancy but acknowledges an upward trend in the implementation and use of UAVs in civilian and military missions. The achievements of the past decade confirms that Romanian specialists are able to conceive, design and build UAVs at a technological and operational level comparable to the one achieved by large international producers creating the prerequisites of developing a sub-sector for the national aeronautic industry. The current article aims at providing an overview of all activities related to the conception, manufacturing, testing, improving, operating UAVs as these activities evolved within the national airspace filed with brief references to the missions and legislation in this area.