Standards to Contribute to the Development of Drone (UAV) Technologies
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/22nd June 2017, DRONE MARKET WATCHTM/ Drone technologies are developing fast. That is why the regulation bodies on international and national levels also intend to move to performance based rulemaking. Detailed rules will set specific performance objectives, functionalities or processes. Industry standards will propose technologies or methods to comply with the rules. This implies an important responsibility for industry to support the definition of standards.
The low level of existing standardization makes the integration of complex and sophisticated systems in controlled airspace quite challenging. International standards are critical in creating the global commercial market. Standards must give drones (UAVs) access to a globally harmonized airspace.
Whereas the needs for standardization are large and manifold there are also clear priorities, such as standards for identification, geofencing, detect & avoid and command & control. The standard development process is going on worldwide. The challenge is to improve the efficiency of the standard setting process and to better build on existing standards. The first responsibility of the regulators is to confirm their intention to work with industry standards and to come up with clear performance based rules. The highest priority is recommended to be given to the detailed rules for product safety requirements, where embedding technology appears to be the basis for an effective mitigating strategy – possibly completed with limitations, operational rules or pilot competence requirements; and for identification and geofencing.
The drone (UAV) industry is expected to invest in the industry setting process and seek ways to speed up the standard setting process. Low level technologies are not traditional aviation technologies and input from “new players” like mobile phone or internet providers offer a promising opportunity, for instance to assess to which extent existing standards could be used as a basis or to provide additional expertise.
And further efforts are needed to obtain from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) additional frequency allocations for beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLS) operations. International regulation bodies intend to steer the standard setting activity with the cooperation of the various standardisation bodies and with contributions from other authorities, including from FAA, CAA, EASA, JARUS, etc. The objectives of this top-down approach are to ensure the timely availability of the necessary standards, encourage the development of synergies and avoid duplication of work. The standard setting activities need to be integrated in the research agenda.
In the reports of DRONE MARKET WATCHTM you will learn how standardization will support drone (UAV) industry development in the coming years to. More information you may read here: Drone Market Reports
