RPAS integration in non segregated airspace: the SESAR approach

Resumen

Airliners and Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), with very different performances and features, will have to coexist in a seamless airspace whose definition and technological infrastructure, the Single European Sky ATM Research initiative (SESAR), is currently undertaking. This paper presents the Concept of Operations (CONOPS) of the integration of RPAS in non segregated airspace, from two perspectives that should be harmonized: the first one is the future Air Traffic Management (ATM) system defined by SESAR; and the second is the perspective of the RPAS operator or user. The objective of this paper is to present a well defined context of operations for the RPAS to be integrated in non segregated airspace, describing the basic interfaces which the RPAS user will need for the safe integration of the RPAS operations in non segregated airspace proposed in SESAR concept.