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ASTM Int’l Unmanned Air Vehicles Committee Approves Flight Authority Guide, Works on Recovery System Standard

December 16, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS

 
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ASTM International Subcommittee F38.01 on Airworthiness, part of ASTM International Committee F38 on Unmanned Air Vehicle Systems, approved a standard for flight authority and is working on a proposed standard that covers unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) recovery systems.

ASTM F2690 - Flight Authority
Gerry Marsters, president, AeroVations Inc. and an F38 committee member, said that the ASTM F2690 - Guide for Suggested Procedures for Applying for a Flight Authority for an Unmanned Aircraft System: Part I and Part II, will serve as an entry point into aviation regulation.

According to Marsters, developers and operators of UAS can use ASTM F2690 to find additional regulatory material that is sometimes overlooked and to help determine potential costs that will be associated with securing permission to operate a new design.

"The primary users will be small developers who create new designs but who lack extensive aerospace design experience or experience in working with aviation regulations," said Marsters.

ASTM WK15881 - Recovery Systems
ASTM WK15881 - Specification for Design and Performance of UAS Recovery Systems will provide a specification for design, manufacturing and testing of recovery systems for unmanned aircraft.

ASTM WK15881 is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee F38.01 on Airworthiness, part of ASTM International Committee F38 on Unmanned Air Vehicle Systems.

Committee F38 developed a standard for launchers, ASTM F2585 - Specification for Design and Performance of Pneumatic-Hydraulic Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Launch System, but currently no standards exist for recovery systems, said ASTM International.

The proposed standard will provide a complement to ASTM F2585, as well as work toward completing a suite of standards for the overall airworthiness and operation of unmanned air vehicle systems.

Source: ASTM International.


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