Light Jets, UAVs Need Collision Avoidance Systems: Eurocontrol

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Eurocontrol's summer 2010 Technical News e-newsletter, posted July 1, includes an article discussing the safety concerns posed by very light jets and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which are not equipped with the Airborne Collision Avoidance System II technology that is mandatory in Europe for all civilian fixed-wing, turbine-engined aircraft with maximum takeoff mass above 5,700 kg or minimum passenger seating configuration above 19. The safety benefits of ACAS II decline as the population of unequipped aircraft increases, according to the Brussels-based agency that integrates air traffic control throughout Europe.