The United States and Switzerland say they have agreed on a plan to harmonize domestic and international safety standards for drones.
The declaration of intent signed by the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was announced this month with a statement that said the agreement was built on efforts by the two organizations to ensure that drones are integrated “safely, efficiently and seamlessly” into airspace around the world.
“This U.S.-Swiss agreement continues the move forward of the safe, efficient and internationally harmonized integration of these vehicles into the world’s airspace,” said Jay Merkle, executive director of the FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Office.
A FOCA statement added, “Even though the two countries are rather different, the challenges the USA and Switzerland are facing in the fastest growing segment of civil aviation are very similar. Both countries are highly innovat…
