THE FLIGHT AUTHORIZATION OF THE AUTOMATIZED VTOL UAS FOR METEOROLOGICAL SENSOR MEASUREMENT

Abstract

Considering the exponential growth of drone technology and its expected economic effect [1], the Hungarian Government called on the industrial and academic sectors for an innovative cooperation in the field of intelligent autonomous mobility. The tender was launched by the Institute of Transport Sciences Non-profit Ltd. (ITS) last December, and among the winners was the joint tender of the Mould Tech Systems Ltd., the Budapest University of Technology and Economics and the University of Public Service (UPS). The common research is focusing on the implementation of a special Vertical Take-Off and Landing Unmanned Aircraft System (VTOL UAS)-based meteorological support system which is to measure the lower parts of the atmosphere within the planetary boundary layer (PBL). The researchers of UPS are examining the legal issues of operational conditions, flight authorization, flight safety aspects concerning the identification of potential dangers, and the airworthiness issues and will formulate their recommendations. In this paper the authors introduce the numbers of issues that have to be solved in favour of the safe and legal VTOL UAS operation.