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Meeting of the Commission for the Development of General Aviation and GLONASS-Based Navigation Information Technology

March 14, 2017, Moscow

Presidential Aide Igor Levitin chaired a meeting of the Commission for the Development of General Aviation and GLONASS-Based Navigation Information Technology.

The meeting was attended by heads of federal and regional government bodies, Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergei Ivanov, Rostec State Corporation CEO Sergei Chemezov, as well as representatives of a number of state corporations and organisations in the aerospace and transport industries, and public and professional aviation organisations.

The main item on the agenda was the development of unmanned aviation systems in the Russian Federation.

The meeting participants discussed the current state and prospects for non-defence unmanned aviation systems, the progress of relevant legislation concerning their use, technical and organisational issues related to the problem of integrating drones in the unified air space, and ensuring their safe operation alongside piloted aircraft.

March 14, 2017, Moscow