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February 26, 2013, 2:20 PM
Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operators in the U.S. would have to file and fly instrument flight plans and equip their aircraft for position reporting with transponders and automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast Out (ADS-B Out) transmissions based on GPS. A pilot-in-command would be limited to controlling one aircraft, and autonomous flights would be prohibited under a concept of operations the Federal Aviation Administration is developing to introduce UAS in unrestricted airspace.
Edgar Waggoner, who represents NASA on an FAA advisory rulemaking committee (ARC) looking into UAS airspace integration, described the major guidance documents that federal agencies are developing during a February 26 meeting of the NASA Advisory Council UAS Subcommittee. The ARC reviewed and made recommendations to the FAA on a 2010 version of the concept of operations, which Waggoner described as “a very powerful document” with 14 “governing assumptions.”
In addition to filing IFR flight plans and equipping aircraft for ADS-B Out—regardless of the ADS-B mandate for manned aircraft by 2020, civil UAS operators would need airworthiness certification of their aircraft, according to Waggoner’s description of the concept of operations. There would be no new classes or types of airspace dedicated to UAS, and separation minimums applied in controlled airspace would also apply to unmanned aircraft. The UAS pilot-in-command would communicate with ATC using standard phraseology. The concept of operations is a “2018-2020” vision of the FAA’s, Waggoner said. It does not address line-of-sight operations by small UAS weighing less than 55 pounds, which will be the subject of a separate rulemaking.
Edgar Waggoner, who represents NASA on an FAA advisory rulemaking committee (ARC) looking into UAS airspace integration, described the major guidance documents that federal agencies are developing during a February 26 meeting of the NASA Advisory Council UAS Subcommittee. The ARC reviewed and made recommendations to the FAA on a 2010 version of the concept of operations, which Waggoner described as “a very powerful document” with 14 “governing assumptions.”
In addition to filing IFR flight plans and equipping aircraft for ADS-B Out—regardless of the ADS-B mandate for manned aircraft by 2020, civil UAS operators would need airworthiness certification of their aircraft, according to Waggoner’s description of the concept of operations. There would be no new classes or types of airspace dedicated to UAS, and separation minimums applied in controlled airspace would also apply to unmanned aircraft. The UAS pilot-in-command would communicate with ATC using standard phraseology. The concept of operations is a “2018-2020” vision of the FAA’s, Waggoner said. It does not address line-of-sight operations by small UAS weighing less than 55 pounds, which will be the subject of a separate rulemaking.
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