The CAA issued a reminder on the updated Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Materials, and the requirements of CAP722A when drafting the OSC volume 1-3 and Appendix A. Applications not submitted under this format will be placed on hold. A sign that updating OSCs in accordance with updated requirements needs work and preparation, and…
The latest edition of Drone FEEDBACK Edition 7, has been released and it sheds light on some significant occurrences related to Human Factors and Just Culture. The newsletter reports incidents like the collision of an Emergency Services Drone with a Cessna 172 aircraft during final approach to an aerodrome and a 28kg Drone that was…
DRONE ENABLE 2023 is ICAO’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Industry Symposium with the theme “Innovation and infrastructure developments supporting the future of unmanned aviation“. The symposium will take place in Montréal, Canada from 5 to 7 December 2023, bringing together key stakeholders from the unmanned aviation sector to exchange research, best practices, and challenges. The deadline…
‘We held a very constructive meeting with RAEs this week that enabled us to brief them on latest developments and plans for the future. The RAEs had specifically requested to be informed prior to us publishing information more generally. Now that meeting has taken place we can confirm that there have been no changes to…
From the CAA on 16 Feb 2022. The Specific Operating Risk Assessment (SORA) is a way to classify the risk posed by a UAS operation and then identify mitigations and safety objectives to counter those risks. It allows the UAS operator to identify operational limitations and training objectives for the personnel involved in the flights, technical…
You Have Control Pushing the wrong button or failing to attach a prop correctly might be a remote pilot’s nightmare and hence maybe why it is tempting to think that such a thing couldn’t happen to you. After all, you know your equipment inside out and have tens, perhaps even hundreds, of incident-free flying hours…
9 February 2023: 10.30am – 5.30pm (CET) 10 February 2023: 9am – 1pm (CET) Virtual event: all in-person places are full This workshop is open to industry and authorities, to have an overview of the specific operations risk assessment (SORA) methodology. Moreover the new JARUS SORA 2.5 will be soon published for public consultation on…
The Joint Authorities for Rulemaking on Unmanned Systems (JARUS) is currently consulting on a future Specific Operating Risk Assessment (SORA), which enables operators to classify the risk posed by a drone being flown in the specific category and then identify mitigations and safety objectives. The CAA is encouraging UK operators to respond to this consultation…
23 January 2023 – In the future the CAA will be introducing the Specific Operating Risk Assessment (SORA) for UK RPAS operations in the specific category. This is a way to classify the risk posed by a RPAS and then identify mitigations and safety objectives. It allows the operator to identify operational limitations, and training objectives…