Yesterday, the OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) announced that it had received a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) from the DOT’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on “Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations”.
According to the Spring 2024 Unified Agenda entry for this rulemaking:
“This action would
normalize certain low altitude unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations,
while ensuring the safety and efficiency of the United States airspace. It is
the next step in integrating UAS into the national airspace system (NAS),
providing for significant safety, societal, and economic advantages and
benefits. This action is expected to dramatically expedite the introduction of
beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) UAS operations in the NAS. Using
consensus-based standards, this action would establish a regulatory process for
issuing a special airworthiness certificate (SAC) for unmanned aircraft (up to
1,320 pounds), as well as the acceptance of their associated elements. It would
create new operational and design requirements for unmanned aircraft issued a
SAC, enabling routine beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations without
waivers or exemptions. The rulemaking would prescribe a new BVLOS rating for
the remote pilot certificate. It would also build new operating rules for UAS
cargo delivery for compensation or hire under the new part. Finally, this
action would create a defined regulatory approval pathway for third-party
services, to include UAS Traffic Management (UTM) service suppliers.”
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