{"id":2310,"date":"2023-10-16T18:52:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T16:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skockos.cluster028.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T10:29:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:29:52","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pro-uas.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THE FOUNDER<\/h3><\/div>
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Peter van Blijenburgh, a Dutch national residing in Paris, France (since 1976), was born in The Netherlands, educated in Canada, the Netherlands Antilles & The Netherlands, and studied in Switzerland (business administration). Up to 1995, he held various management positions with industrial & service supplying companies in Europe, the USA and the Middle East. He has been involved with unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) since since 1987 and is an inveterate internationally recognized independent UAS strategic & regulatory advisor and market expert.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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History<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Company Inception<\/h3><\/div>
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2023<\/strong><\/span>
\nFounder & CEO – PRO-UAS, Paris, France<\/p>\n<\/div>

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UAS-related Consultancy, Event Organizer & Publisher<\/h3><\/div>
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1998-2023<\/strong><\/span>
\nFounder & CEO – Blyenburgh & Co, France
\nAdministration of UVS International, organisation of UAS-related events on 5 continents, publication of UAS-related publications<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Standing Up for UAS Operators & Remote Pilots<\/h3><\/div>
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2021-2023<\/strong><\/span>
\nFounder & Secretary General – United Systems Europe, The Netherlands
\nA non-profit association dedicated to the interests of UAS operators & remote pilots in light of the implementation of the European drone regulation<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Promoting the Creation of Rules, Regulations & Standards<\/h3><\/div>
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1997-2021<\/strong><\/span>
\nFounder & President – UVS International, The Netherlands
\nA non-profit association dedicated to the promotion of UAS operations and the creation of the relevant rules, regulations and standards<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Memberships & Contributions<\/h3><\/div>
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2020-2021<\/strong><\/span>
\nMember of most UAS-related panels, committees, commissions & working groups at ICAO, EC, EASA, JAA, JARUS &EUROCAE<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Advisory Boards<\/h3><\/div>
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Advisory Board Member of:<\/p>\n

2013-2020
\n<\/strong><\/span>Belgian Royal Military Academy\u2019s EU UAS-related projects<\/p>\n

2013-2017
\n<\/strong><\/span>Darius, EU funded project<\/p>\n

2013-2019
\n<\/strong><\/span>ICARUS, EU funded<\/p>\n

2015-2019
\n<\/strong><\/span>MILIPOL, world\u2019s largest annual state security exhibition<\/p>\n

2016-2019
\n<\/strong><\/span>Safeshore, EU funded project<\/p>\n

2016-2019
\n<\/strong><\/span>Multidrone, EU funded project<\/p>\n

2017-2018
\n<\/strong><\/span>DroneRules.Pro, EU funded project<\/p>\n

2017-2019
\n<\/strong><\/span>Focus, EU funded project<\/p>\n

2017-2019
\n<\/strong><\/span>DREAMS, EU funded project<\/p>\n

2023-Present
\n<\/strong><\/span>Drone Rescue Systems, Austria<\/p>\n

2023-Present
\n<\/strong><\/span>SkyGrids, Luxembourg<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Participant in EU-funded study consortia<\/h3><\/div>
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2012-2013
\n<\/strong><\/span>Ultra<\/p>\n

2015-2017
\n<\/strong><\/span>DroneRules<\/p>\n

2016-2018
\n<\/strong><\/span>SkyOpener<\/p>\n

2018-2021
\n<\/strong><\/span>AW-Drones<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Instigator \/ Co-ordinator \/ Creator \/ Architect<\/h3><\/div>
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2000-2002
\n<\/strong><\/span>Joint JAA\/EUROCONTROL UAV Task Force<\/p>\n

2003-2020
\n<\/strong><\/span>Multiple national UAS associations; International RPAS Coordination Council<\/p>\n

2006
\n<\/strong><\/span>UAS-related standards activities at EUROCAE<\/p>\n

2017
\n<\/strong><\/span>Comisi\u00f3n Asesora de RPAS de AESA, Spain<\/p>\n

2017-2019
\n<\/strong><\/span>Drone REGIM initiative<\/p>\n

Dec. 2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nMadrid Declaration on Drones, which lead to the creation of United Systems Europe<\/p>\n

2022
\n<\/strong><\/span>Drone Council Nederland, The Netherlands<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Advisory Services<\/h3><\/div>
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1995-2023<\/strong><\/span>
\nSupplied UAS-related advisory services to corporate & governmental entities in Europe, Australia, the Middle East, the Far East, and North America.<\/div>
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Speaking Engagements<\/h3><\/div>
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1998-2021<\/b><\/span>
\n171 Keynote addresses at conferences in 32 countries<\/div>
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Appointment<\/h3><\/div>
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2022<\/strong><\/span>
\nAppointed Officer in the Order of Oranje-Nassau by H.M. Willem Alexander, king of The Netherlands, in recognition of his contributions to the creation & promotion of rules, regulations & standards for UAS<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Registration as UAS Expert<\/h3><\/div>
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2023<\/strong><\/span>
\nRegistered as UAS Expert with the European Commission under number EX2023D853101<\/div>
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Publications<\/h3><\/div>
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Since 2023<\/strong><\/span>
Governmental UAS Usage (Military & Civil) in Europe \u2013 2026 \u2013 1st<\/sup>\u00a0Edition
Milipol 2025 \u2013 Photographic Review of Products Encountered
UAS Show 2025 \u2013 Photographic Review of Exhibited Products
UAS: The Global Perspective \u2013 The Guide \u2013 2025 \u2013 20th<\/sup> Edition
UAS: The Global Perspective \u2013 The Atlas \u2013 2025 \u2013 20th<\/sup> Edition
The UAS Ecosystem \u2013 2024 \u2013 3rd<\/sup> Edition
VTOL UAS \u2013 2024 \u2013 2nd<\/sup> Edition
Professional UAS Operations \u2013 2024 \u2013 4th<\/sup> Edition
UAS: The Global Perspective \u2013 Volume I \u2013 2024 \u2013 19th<\/sup>\u00a0Edition
UAS: The Global Perspective \u2013 Volume II \u2013 2024 \u2013 19th<\/sup>\u00a0Edition<\/p>\n<\/div>

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For more information see:<\/h5><\/div>
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Membership & Participation<\/span><\/a><\/div>
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Conferences Organized<\/span><\/a><\/div>
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Keynote Addresses<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2310","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pro-uas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pro-uas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pro-uas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pro-uas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pro-uas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2310"}],"version-history":[{"count":123,"href":"https:\/\/www.pro-uas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3488,"href":"https:\/\/www.pro-uas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2310\/revisions\/3488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pro-uas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}