Bundesverkehrsminister Alexander Dobrindt möchte die Nutzung von UAV neu regeln. Durch die zunehmende Nutzung von UAV im gewerblichen und privaten Bereich bestehe ein neues Gefährdungspotenzial durch Kollisionen und Abstürze und die Notwendigkeit, Piloten bei Missbrauch und Unfällen identifizieren zu können. Dobrindt kündigte folgende Änderungen an:
Privat und gewerblich genutzte UAV, die ... Weiterlesen
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Sep2015
Dr. Oliver Heinrich erläutert für den Karriereführer Recht bereits zum zweiten Mal die Tätigkeitsschwerpunkte von Juristen im Bereich von Raumfahrtprojekten. Besonderes Augenmerk legt er dabei auf die erforderliche Vielseitigkeit juristischer Beratung. Die Tätigkeit geht weit über die Kernelemente des Weltraumrechts im Sinne internationaler Verträge hinaus. Sie umfasst insbesondere Kenntnisse des ... Weiterlesen
15 September 2015BHO Team
05
Sep2015
Am 3. und 4. September 2015 richteten der Kölner Anwaltsverein und die Arbeitsgemeinschaft IT-Recht im Deutschen Anwaltsverein (davit) zum fünften Mal den NRW-IT-Rechtstag in Köln aus. Hierbei wurden mit Referaten und Diskussionen die aktuellen rechtlichen IT-Topthemen beleuchtet. RA Dr. Roderic Ortner, Partner bei BHO Legal, hielt einen Vortrag zum Thema ... Weiterlesen
5 September 2015BHO Team
16
Jul2015
On 5-6 March 2015, the Conference on “Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems - Framing the future of Aviation” took place in Riga, bringing together the European aviation community. The outcome is the “Riga Declaration”, which summarizes important principles for the regulatory framework on drones in Europe. EU Commissioner Bulc’s speech and the ... Weiterlesen
16 July 2015Dr. Oliver Heinrich
26
Jun2015
The Global Space Innovation Conference (GLIC 2015) took place in Munich, between June 23 and 25.
This high-level, specialized three-day event focused on entrepreneurship and innovation in space, and provided governments, space agencies, industries and entrepreneurs a forum for exchanging their experience in innovation management and technology transfer.
BHO Legal was represented ... Weiterlesen
26 June 2015Dr. Ingo Baumann
18
May2015
The INSPIRE-Geospatial World Forum 2015 will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, from May 25 to 29. The Forum is a premier global geospatial industry event, this year focusing on the convergence of policies, geospatial technologies and practices. It will bring together policy and industry leaders with practitioners and clients of ... Weiterlesen
18 May 2015BHO Team
17
Apr2015
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) reports that The Federal Aviation Administration (FFA) has approved 30 more commercial UAS exemptions. This brings the total number of approved operations to 99.
Among those receiving exemptions are the insurance companies USAA and AIG. Acoording to USAA, the exemption could help speed ... Weiterlesen
17 April 2015Dr. Oliver Heinrich
17
Apr2015
DigitalGlobe is making available its 30-cm satellite imagery products. The high-resolution commercial satellite imagery is captured by DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 satellite and will improve decision making, enable more efficient operations, and enhance a variety of applications for customers in the civil government, defense and intelligence, energy, mining and global development sectors. ... Weiterlesen
17 April 2015Dr. Ingo Baumann
17
Apr2015
United States Senators Orrin Hatch, R-UT, and John Warner, D-VA, have introduced the bipartisan Geospatial Data Act in the U.S. Congress.
In 1994, Executive Order 12906 was issued by President Clinton to direct the development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). Many of the requirements of EO 12906 were never ... Weiterlesen
17 April 2015Dr. Ingo Baumann
10
Apr2015
The military has been struggling with cataloging and retrieving its huge libraries of full motion video (FMV) for more than ten years. The video, captured by both manned and unmanned aircraft, rapidly reached unmanageable levels.
Without some way to catalog the video, critical details can be lost, because finding the right ... Weiterlesen
10 April 2015Dr. Ingo Baumann
01
Apr2015
The Munich Satellite Navigation Summit 2015 was held on March 24 – 26 at the Residenz München. Organized by the Institute of Space Technology and Space Applications (ISTA) at Munich University, this yearly summit brings together the key players in satellite navigation to discuss future prospects for cooperation in space ... Weiterlesen
1 April 2015Dr. Ingo Baumann
31
Mar2015
Galileo, the EU's satellite navigation programme, placed two more satellites into orbit. The lift-off took place on 27 March at 22.46 CET from the European spaceport near Kourou in French Guiana. ESA received signals proving that they were positioned as expected.
Elżbieta Bieńkowska, European Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and ... Weiterlesen
31 March 2015Dr. Ingo Baumann
27
Mar2015
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued an experimental airworthiness certificate to an Amazon Logistics, Inc. UAS design that Amazon will use for research and development and crew training. Amazon says it wants to use drones for the delivery of packages.
The FAA typically issues experimental certificates to manufacturers and technology developers ... Weiterlesen
27 March 2015Dr. Oliver Heinrich
17
Mar2015
The ITU Symposium and Workshop on Small Satellite Regulation took place in Prague from March 2-4. BHO Legal contributed with a presentation “Ensuring regulatory compliance for small satellites through procurement and grant conditions”(please see presentation here). As a result of the Symposium, the ITU issued the “Prague Declaration on Small Satellite ... Weiterlesen
17 March 2015Dr. Ingo Baumann