Operations include the requirements, conditions, and approvals needed to safely conduct RPAS and AAM activities. We categorise operations based on different risk levels. This includes:
- standard operating conditions for RPAS
- operational approvals and authorisations for RPAS (for example, oversight mechanisms for area approvals)
- operating conditions for AAM
- operational approvals and authorisations for AAM
- regulatory interfaces (for example licensing, maintenance, equipage requirements, certification, registration marks, security).
What we want to achieve
We aim to maintain an effective, outcome-based regulatory framework for safe operational requirements and approvals. This framework aims to be scalable and accessible to all entrants. It will be subject to appropriate regulatory oversight that matches the level of risk an operation may pose.
We will continue to normalise operations previously considered to be novel to sit within standard rules. This includes the development of general exemptions and instruments in line with the regulatory maturity model (see Regulatory change).