Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the overall framework in which the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) deployment is expected to be implemented. Another aim of the study is to give a better overview on the current regulations and standards including the impact of the regulations on the industry, operations and cities. Design/methodology/approach This paper performs a literature review on the regulatory framework, which provides a clear view of the current regulations and standards. The review includes the insight into the details of possible international rules for the future, considering operations in the specific and certified categories. The impact and trends of current and future regulations are also presented. Findings The analysis described in this paper shows a strong upward trend in UAM technical and operational developments as well as further potential for a successful incorporation in city mobility concepts. This paper indicates the importance of the representatives of guideline development organizations, industry, agencies and other important players involved in the standard development process. Practical implications This section describes synthesis on the required level of safety for UAM operations as well as description on the impact of the regulations from different perspectives, including industry and certification of urban aircraft, operations and air traffic management, cities and the governance of the urban airspace and well as technology. Originality/value Barriers such as legislation do not allow the common UAM to be deployed. This paper studies the overall framework in which the UAM deployment is expected to be implemented.
Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have been in civil use for several years. A new risk-based approach to approval was developed by the Joint Authorities for Rulemaking of Unmanned Systems (JARUS) which relies on the so-called Specific Operations Risk Assessment (SORA) for the specific category. Operational authorization is based on the assessment using the SORA process, which evaluates the safety of the operation and not solely the aircraft design. However, to comply with the resulting mitigations it is necessary to convince authorities using "Acceptable Means of Compliance" (AMC). The goal of the European research project "AW-Drones" is to identify and assess existing standards as a possible AMC for the existing and upcoming regulations. The research in "AW-Drones" is performed by an international consortium of industry and research agencies. Additional stakeholders support the project, including the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and other groups of experts, committees, and Standard Development Organizations (SDOs). In this paper, the approach and methodology to identify possible AMC for the SORA is described, including the current state of work. The results of the data collection step and the assessment are outlined. The used criteria are shown and the impact on the SORA process is discussed. An outlook will detail on remaining tasks. The dissemination of the work in a public database is presented that offers the results on AMC assessment directly to a drone operator.
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