New UAS rules
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has finalized measures concerning the operation of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), which ICAO characterizes as remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS).
The amendments to ICAO Annex 2 (Rules of the Air) and Annex 7 (Aircraft Nationality and Registration Marks) were developed by the ICAO Unmanned Aircraft Systems Study Group, in collaboration with a number of other organizations.
“Remotely piloted aircraft are becoming very sophisticated very quickly,” said Mitchell Fox, chief of the ICAO Air Traffic Management Section. “Their civilian and scientific applications are expanding rapidly, and states from every ICAO region are now developing and employing RPAS in a variety of domains.”
The amendments discuss items that should be considered when a civil aviation authority is considering authorizing UAS operations, including airworthiness certificates, operator certificates and remote pilot licenses.
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