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Contributing to a well-reasoned set of Airworthiness Standards for mass-market drones

Project description

Up, up and away and back down again safely when the mission is accomplished

The lack of harmonised standards is holding back the development of drone-related business in Europe. Studies have identified the implementation of a coherent and interoperable regulatory and standardisation framework in the EU as a potential booster for the growth of drone usage. The EU-funded AW-Drones project is providing guidance in the EU rulemaking process for civilian drones, to enable safe and reliable operations in the Open and Specific categories. The project collects existing technical standards, rules and procedures for the commercial use of drones worldwide, and critically assesses their compliance with existing and foreseen regulations to identify key information on best practices, gaps and bottlenecks, on which to build a clear framework for a European market of drone services.

Objective

"The AW-Drones Coordination and Support Action intends to contribute to the safe use of mass market drones by facilitating the on-going EU regulatory process for the definition of rules, technical standards and procedures. The Action will benefit from the contribution of the most relevant stakeholders in the drone value-chain including drone suppliers, operators, academia and regulators. These actors will support, from their respective point of view, the collection of data, information and perspectives regarding the use of drones worldwide and contribute to its analysis supporting EASA's regulatory due-process. In particular, data, information and perspectives will include: · Current standardization activity and standard perspectives for evolution of drone products and services · Research works regarding safety and incidents involving drones · Local and regional solutions adopted by aviation safety regulators to address mass market drone operations · Application issues emerging from different market application of drones · Elements hampering wide distribution and mutual recognition of drone-based product and services between States Information gathered will be critically assessed and benchmarked using defined criteria taking into account the needs and opinions of the different stakeholders of the drone value-chain. Data useful for the validation of specific products or technical requirements will be structured systematically and correlated with appropriate confidence measures. The objectives will be to: · Provide a knowledge-base of ""best practice"" and data supporting the EASA's regulatory process · Contribute to the development and subsequent validation of a well-reasoned set of technical standards appropriate for all relevant categories of drones"

Call for proposal

H2020-MG-2018-2019-2020

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Sub call

H2020-MG-2018-SingleStage-INEA

Coordinator

DEEP BLUE SRL
Net EU contribution
€ 515 650,00
Address
VIA DANIELE MANIN 53
00185 Roma
Italy

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SME

The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.

Yes
Region
Centro (IT) Lazio Roma
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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Total cost
€ 515 650,00

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