EUROCAE has published a draft document regarding uncrewed aerial system (UAS) design and airworthiness.
Prepared by EUROCAE Working Group-105 SG-4 ED-325 Vol. II – Guidance Document For Special Condition Light-UAS – Medium Risk – Volume 2 aims to support the development of Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) to EASA Special Condition Light-UAS – Medium Risk when used as Type Certification basis as part of a voluntary TC application for UAS for SAIL III and IV operations in the Specific Category.
The guidance document would allow referring to existing standards (e.g. ED-279 “GENERIC FUNCTIONAL HAZARD ASSESSMENT (FHA) FOR UAS/RPAS” and ED-280 “GUIDELINES FOR UAS SAFETY ANALYSIS FOR THE SPECIFIC CATEGORY (LOW AND MEDIUM LEVELS OF ROBUSTNESS)”), whenever possible and deemed acceptable.
Originally, it was planned to include Means of Compliance (MoC) proposals for all subparts of the EASA Special Condition Light UAS – Medium Risk in the document. However, MoC proposals for some subparts are ready while others are still being drafted. Therefore, to provide guidance to applicants as soon as possible, EUROCAE proposes to publish the document in two volumes. This Volume 2 will contain MoC proposals for EASA Special Condition Light UAS – Medium Risk subparts B, E, F and G.
The proposed draft can be reviewed on the EUROCAE Workspace, which includes a comment form for feedback by 8 December.
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