The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has released the May 2025 Gaps Progress Report, capturing key standardisation progress and opportunities for the evolving uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) industry.
The Gaps Progress Report tracks how standards developing organizations (SDOs) are addressing 15 “gaps,” or key challenges—ranging from airworthiness to flight operations—identified in the ANSI Unmanned Aircraft Systems Standardization Collaborative (UASSC)’s 2020 publication, Standardization Roadmap for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, which highlighted 71 areas needing attention for UAS integration.
The report was compiled by ANSI staff based on inputs from SDOs, subject matter experts, and independent research. It lists newly published standards and new standards projects, alongside suggestions for future roadmap modifications. Examples include a recently published standard for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations that focuses on preparing operational risk assessments and new in-development standards for addressing both ground and air risk in BVLOS flights.
ANSI says the report is not a consensus document, but rather is intended to serve as an interim “living document” that will be maintained and periodically re-published until such time as the UASSC develops a next version of the standardisation roadmap.
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