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Mr Fabio RUTA
UAS Working Group Chairman,
AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe - (ASD)
Fabio RUTA is an Aerospace Engineer graduated at Politecnico di Torino and he is working with
Leonardo from several years. In the field of human factors and cockpit design having covered
different engineering responsibilities on civil and military aircraft both for manned and RPAS. Along
his work experience he covered different positions in Leonardo Aircraft Division of which the main
experiences can be summarized as follow:
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Cockpit engineer responsible for civil and military manned and unmanned aircraft with special
attention to ATM interface and functionalities
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RPAS Program responsible for Chief Technical Officer Mission Systems Technologies Dept (avionic
design, simulation, human machine interface, ground test and aircraft integration/test)
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Deputy Chief Engineer for Neuron Programme
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Head Negotiator and Programme Manager for SESAR Programme
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Leonardo Representative in ASD Aircraft Sectorial Group (ASG), ATM Committee
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Chairman of ASD Unmanned Aircraft System Working Group (UAS WG)
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SESAR Administrative Board Alternate Representative for Leonardo
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ETAP Programme Management Group Representative for the Italian Industries
Today, in Leonardo Aircraft Division, within New Programs and Research Department, he is “Head of
SESAR Project and New Military Initiatives” while at European level he is:
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Leonardo Representative in ASD ASG and Chairman of ASD UAS WG
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Leonardo Aircraft Division Representative for ATM Committee
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SESAR Administrative Board Alternate Representative for Leonardo
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ETAP Programme Management Group Representative for the Italian Industries
"Unmanned Air Vehicle, a valuable asset for the community:
industrial challenges and opportunity"
It is a well-known fact that Unmanned Air Vehicles today are considered valuable assets by and for
communities around the world. Thanks to their key-capabilities in a wide spectrum of applications (in
the military, security and civil/commercial sectors), UAVs demonstrated their ability to support the
community with very high added value services that also offer significant future opportunities for
stakeholders. ASD, the association of European Aerospace manufacturers, has always been strongly
engaged in promoting these technologies, and supported the European institutions, agencies and
partnerships in their efforts to identify, launch and implement all the necessary enabling actions aimed
at making unmanned aerial technology a key contributor to the EU's economy, security, and aviation
policy.
Manufacturers believe that there has been a good progress with the measures launched until now, but
the routine use of UAVs in the non-segregated airspace (which enables the full capabilities and benefits
of UAVs) today remains a prospect for which more effort and commitment are needed from policy-
makers. The presentation will summarize the envisaged main benefits of UAV in terms of possible
applications and key-success factors, a status on where Europe stands currently, and the areas
(technologies and regulations) where ASD believe that important improvements are needed in the
forthcoming years.