We’re delighted to announce the publication of PAS 1905, providing essential guidance on aviation regulatory principles, management systems and the product lifecycle for future flight.
A huge thank you to all involved in the development of this PAS including the Technical Author, Mike Gadd, the Advisory Group, and all others who have shared their thoughts and contributed during the development stages.
PAS 1905 highlights core information to support innovation and scaling including:
Covering uncrewed aircraft systems to advanced air mobility
Connecting national and international regulations and standards
Setting out safety and risk considerations and assessments
Implications of different use cases for licensing, approvals, and authorisation
PAS 1905 was developed with extensive industry engagement as part of the Future Flight Standards Programme, backed by UKRI. Find out more on PAS 1905, and other guidance materials here.
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Drones Included in the Newly Launched Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO)
The Science Secretary has launched the new Regulatory Innovation Office to reduce red tape and accelerate public access to technologies that enhance our daily lives, such as AI in healthcare and emergency delivery drones.
Over the coming months and years, the CAA is working to address the remaining regulatory challenges that will enable authorised operators to operate Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) in a scaled, sustainable way.
Note from ARPAS-UK: The next immediate step will be the publication of the atypical air environment policy within the next few days or weeks.
Click on the link below to go to the CAA article, where you can also find the CA3038 document to download…
Take a look at the Flying Drones Beyond Visual Line of Sight video by the CAA
During the CAA Finance Service Forum on 8 December 2023 and covering among other matters the “FY2024/25 Charging Consultation Proposals”, the CAA introduced a proposal for “a further new activity price increase of 3.0% across our safety schemes, providing a contribution to the CAA’s role in enabling innovation in the sector, particularly Future Flight which will deliver benefits to existing users through enabling the safe integration of new users, as well as to those new users who will in time be part of the aviation system and at that point make a financial contribution to regulatory costs.”
That proposal would help fund 10% of the costs supported by the CAA, with the government funding the other 90%.
ARPAS-UK supports the proposal, and we believe that innovation will benefit all airspace users.
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January 16 2024 Drone Related Jobs
Disclaimer: All jobs posted here are from LinkedIn and other job sites including member and non-member organizations.
CAA: UAS Regulations Review Consultation due 10 Jan. DO RESPOND!
The CAA have launched a consultation on proposals to make it easier for drone users to fly safely and meet regulatory requirements. This is a follow-up to the Call for Input that took place in October – our responses were made available via the bulleting and the website.
The responses are due on January 10 2024, and we encourage all members to respond with their own views. The primary audience are the hundreds of thousands of Flyer and Operator ID holders and the Open Category operators, but the proposals also reach operators in the Specific category. A quick skim through the document indicates that it is going in the right direction, with among other proposals:
Proposal to implement a UK version of Class Marking, which will bring to life the real intended benefits of the Open category and its subcategories
Proposal that C1/UK1 (<900g) drones may fly over uninvolved people, like C0/UK0 drones
Gradual phase out of the CAP722 series and the merger of key content into a revised Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material AMC & GM. To avoid duplication of documentation and contradictions between documents.
Proposals also include the extension of Flyer ID training to users of drones under 250g, and the extension of time period to adopt class-marked drones by 2 years.
The most challenging proposal is most likely the introduction Remote ID. We know that there is no consensus among our members, based on your feedback collected in October for the Call for Input . Our position as an Organisation is in favour of Remote ID, with caveats, for the reasons outlined in our response at the time. You can read it again by clicking Here (password protected). We will also make our response to this formal consultation available to members once we’ve reviewed it within the Regulation Special Interest Group REGSIG.
We will share our thoughts and our response with members, in the meantime we encourage all members to respond with their own views:
Welcome to the eighth wave of the Drone Awareness Tracker! The CAA aims to explore public perceptions and attitudes towards drones, focusing on barriers to registration, awareness of regulations, future uses, and motivating drone owners to register with the CAA.
Objectives:
Identify barriers to registration for drone owners.
Gauge public awareness and attitudes towards drone regulations.
Explore public sentiment on future drone uses.
Motivate drone owners to register through incentives and addressing concerns.
New UAS Regulations come into force on 31 December 2020
Information for standard permission holders:
The new UAS regulations will become applicable in the UK on the 31st December 2020, with the intent of simplifying the overall process for UAS operations. Once in UK law operations of unmanned aircraft will fall into one of three categories:
Open category – operations that present a low (or no) risk to third parties. Operations are conducted in accordance with basic and pre-defined characteristics and are not subject to any further authorisation requirements.
Specific category – operations that present a greater risk than that of the Open category, or where one or more elements of the operation fall outside the boundaries of the Open category. Operations will require an operational authorisation from the CAA, based on a safety risk assessment.
Certified category – operations that present an equivalent risk to that of manned aviation and so will be subjected to the same regulatory regime (i.e. certification of the aircraft, certification of the operator, licensing of the pilot).
Renewals
PLEASE NOTE: If you wish to renew your Standard Permission you may do so in the same way as before, however if your application is assessed on, or after 31st December the document you will receive will be called an Operational Authorisation, and will be based on UK PDRA-01, instead of a Standard Permission. You must not fall out of the oversight of the CAA to be permitted to renew the Standard Permission e.g. you must apply before your existing permission expires in order to be granted the new Operational Authorisation. If you wish to obtain an Operational Authorisation after your Standard Permission has lapsed, you must return to an RAE and obtain a GVC. The Full NQE recommendation or alternate means of compliance will not be recognised for Operational Authorisation applications based off expired Standard Permission.
If you determine that the type of operations you currently undertake as a Standard Permission holder, falls within the Open category then you must ensure the legal limitations of the category you are operating within is adhered to and that the flight can be made safely. The CAA does not hold any oversight responsibilities of open category operations and the police will take appropriate action on illegal activities.
Note: If, after the new UAS regulations become applicable, you allow your current permission to lapse, then you will need to apply for an operational authorisation as a ‘new’ operator – as a result, the requirements of UK PDRA-01 will need to be followed, which includes all remote pilots to be in possession of General VLOS Certificate (GVC) as demonstration of their competency.
Further information
Please see links below for relevant materials for you to read and contact your NQE/RAE for any additional assistance:
