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INTERNATIONAL UPDATES
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* The operational requirements
applicable to manned VTOL-capable
aircraft.
* Item 5: Brakes and braking systems
certification tests and analysis.
* Item 6: Oxygen equipment and supply.
* Item 7: Air conditioning " off " -
maximum time period.
* Item 8: Cabin crew portable oxygen
equipment.
The proposed amendments are expected
to provide safety benefits, would have no
social or environmental impacts, and would
provide economic benefits by streamlining the
certification process.
The deadline for the submission of
comments is 6 October 2022.
Introduction of a regulatory
framework for the operation of
drones - Enabling innovative
air mobility with manned VTOLcapable
aircraft, the IAW of UAS
subject to certification, and the
CAW of those UAS operated
in the 'specific' category (NPA
2022-06)
This NPA puts forward the establishment
of a comprehensive regulatory framework
to address new operational and mobility
concepts that are based on innovative
technologies, like unmanned aircraft systems
and aircraft with vertical takeoff and
landing capability, and foster and promote
their acceptance and adoption by European
citizens.
This NPA proposes amendments to existing
EU aviation regulations and the creation of
new ones to address:
* The initial airworthiness of UAS subject
to certification in accordance with
Article 40 of Commission Delegated
Regulation (EU) 2019/945;
* The continuing airworthiness of UAS
subject to certification and operated in
the " specific " category; and
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The specific objectives of the proposed
amendments are to:
* Ensure a high and uniform level of
safety for UAS subject to certification
and operated in the " specific " category
and for operations with manned VTOLcapable
aircraft;
* Enable operators to safely operate
manned VTOL-capable aircraft in the
single European sky;
* Create the conditions for the safe
operation of UAS and of manned
VTOL-capable aircraft in the U-space
airspace;
* Promote innovation and development in
the field of innovative air mobility while
establishing an efficient, proportionate,
and well-designed regulatory
framework, free of burdensome rules
that could hinder the UAS market
development;
* Harmonise the regulatory framework
across the EU member states by
enhancing clarity, filling the gaps,
and removing the inconsistencies that
are inherent to fragmented regulatory
systems;
* Foster an operation-centric,
proportionate, as well as risk- and
performance-based regulatory
framework, considering important
aspects such as privacy, personal data
protection, security, and safety.
The deadline for the submission of
comments is 30 September 2022.
This last entry is important to the AEA
membership as it also defines who will
maintain this next generation of aircraft.
A further discussion of this topic will be
included in the regulatory update during the
AEA Europe Connect Conference in Munich,
Germany. Register to attend at aea.net/
connect/Europe. q
http://aea.net/connect/Europe http://aea.net/connect/Europe
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