The article provides a general description of the legislation for the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the Russian Federation and some foreign countries. Special attention is paid to the promising directions of UAV use in the process of ensuring traffic safety and regulatory restrictions that prevent the use of UAVs over highways and in the airspace of large cities (megacities). We analyze UAV capabilities in the implementation of the main administrative procedures (actions) to study the circumstances of road traffic accidents (RTAs), as well as gaps in legislation related to the implementation of these procedures. Based on the research, including comparative legal studies, we propose a “road map” for improving legislation aimed at protecting the interests of a person, society, and the state against the negative consequences of RTAs through the use of UAVs.

Conceptual aspects of improving legislation and law enforcement practice in use of robot systems to ensure traffic safety in large cities

Criteria for extension of uas airworthiness for test and demonstration flights

The work is devoted to the study of a vortex system formed in a flow past a streamwise-aligned external dihedral corner due to the drop of pressure between the corner faces. A detailed comparison of experimental and calculated data on the visualization of the flow and on the distribution of pressure over the model surface obtained at Mach number M∞ = 2.27 in the range of angles of attack α = 0–20° is reported.

Valeriy Leonidovich Sukhanov

Papers

Flight safety of unmanned aircraft systems in non-segregated airspace

Concept of a modern fighter

Criteria for extension of uas airworthiness for test and demonstration flights

Laboratory-scale plant for seed germination and plant development monitoring