The Future Challenges on Researches and Developments of Civil Unmanned Aircraft System in Taiwan

摘要

Over the past ten years, unmanned aircraft has made performance developments in many countries which all can see. Moreover, their significant operating characteristics have benefited many groups and organizations of all kinds. However, in comparison to the safety requirements and standards of ordinary civil aircraft, unmanned aircraft has a slightly weaker overall reliability performance. This fact has led the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to pay closer attention to the issue and has led to conversation on how to establish specific laws and regulations regarding unmanned aircraft, hoping to establish common global standards by which all must comply. This study regards the current development of the Taiwanese unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), the future impact of the development of the Taiwanese UAS and will discuss the proper response strategies and direction regarding the impact of the development of them. Study shows that because those who are not members of the ICAO cannot directly participate in the discussion issues and the formulation of regulations performed by the UAS Study Group of ICAO, Taiwan, in the end, is left in a state of passive awareness regarding international civil aviation. Moreover, even though domestic research performed by all sectors of industry, government and academia regarding UAS has made distinguished technical developments, because Taiwan doesn't belong under the jurisdiction of the Civil Aeronautics Administration, interaction between Taiwan and the administration is limited to applying for airspace and other similar activities, making the both the information and research trends even weaker. In light of the fact that the ICAO has placed unmanned aircraft systems under the category of Civilian aircraft, the CAAs of every nation will amend their own civil aviation law and require that all domestic unmanned aircraft system work must abide by and be carried out in accordance with said law. At this time, the Government and industrial and academic fields of Taiwan should increase the attention they give to the current trend and seek for appropriate adjustments in order to better adapt to the promulgation of new ordinances in the future.