The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has published Version 2 of its Detect and Avoid (DAA) Policy Concept, CAP3015, providing greater clarity on how operators and developers can demonstrate that DAA capabilities are suitable for proposed beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations.
The updated policy sets out clearer expectations for testing, evidence and regulatory review, alongside further detail on pilot interaction, automation and alerting. It also introduces an initial policy position on encounters between uncrewed aircraft.
The CAA says applicants may be able to use relevant previous testing or recognised standards to support their applications, while testing approaches can be tailored where objective evidence demonstrates that they are sufficient for the proposed operation.
CAP3015 remains a live policy concept within a controlled test phase, rather than a blanket approval route for unrestricted BVLOS operations. Applications remain subject to operation-specific assessment, specialist scrutiny and enhanced oversight.
The document also confirms that, under UK SORA, residual ARC-a operations do not require DAA-based tactical air-risk mitigation.
For more information
https://www.caa.co.uk/data-and-publications/publications/documents/content/cap3015/#
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