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On April 11, 2022, our personal Kenji Sugahara was awarded the primary Past Visible Line of Sight (BVLOS) FPV 107 waiver in the US (to our information) that doesn’t require a visible observer.
Whereas the method was not sophisticated, Kenji benefited from understanding the danger evaluation processes throughout the FAA in addition to their affinity for an incremental strategy to approvals. To be awarded a waiver, each floor and air threat wanted to be mitigated. The FAA not solely required a Idea of Operations (“CONOPS”) but in addition an Operational Danger Evaluation (“ORA”). Curiously sufficient, the FAA additionally required FCC documentation of the emitters that had been used.
Kenji primarily based the waiver utility upon the concept of sheltered operations or operations beneath the extent of obstructions. Sheltered operations was one of many suggestions within the FAA BVLOS Aviation Rulemaking Committee (of which Kenji headed the security subgroup). FPV followers will discover it attention-grabbing that he wrote that crashes had been anticipated and regular! He additionally discovered it fascinating that adherence to climate minimums remains to be required (and that part of the waiver utility was denied 107.51(c)).
Whereas the necessities appear to restrict the usefulness of the waiver, the waiver opens the door to additional push the envelope so long as the security circumstances can help enlargement. Within the curiosity of accelerating innovation and enabling the trade, Kenji has determined to launch all the knowledge within the waiver utility in addition to all of the documentation that was required.
If you’ll be at AUVSI Xponential, you possibly can test in with Kenji to ask in regards to the waiver as effectively!
The documentation is offered as-is and their use doesn’t assure an award of a waiver. Please be a part of or help the DSPA so we are able to proceed to help the drone trade in addition to educate policymakers on the advantages of drones.
When you’ve got issues accessing the paperwork beneath, they’re accessible through dropbox right here.
FAA Choices
107.51(c) waiver disapproval letter
Unique Software
Unique CONOPS, proposed location, and proposed max altitude
FAA Request for Info (RFI)
Response to RFI
RFI Supporting Documentation
ACam Undertaking Aviation Security Plan Template and ORA
FCC Documentation
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